CVE-2026-56109
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) library before 1.2.16.1 contains a double-free vulnerability in parse_def() in src/conf.c that allows attackers to corrupt memory by supplying maliciously crafted ALSA configuration text. When parsing nested compound or array configuration blocks, parse_def() fails to check return values before continuing, causing snd_config_delete() to be called twice on the same already-freed node, resulting in a NULL-pointer write or invalid memory read.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-22 18:16:48.557000
Last modified
2026-10-25 23:10:00.167000
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