CVE-2026-64479

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: seq: Fix uninitialised heap leak in snd_seq_event_dup() snd_seq_event_dup() copies an incoming event into a pool cell and, in the UMP-enabled build, clears the trailing cell->ump.raw.extra word that the memcpy() did not cover. The guard deciding whether to clear it compares the copied size against sizeof(cell->event): memcpy(&cell->ump, event, size); if (size < sizeof(cell->event)) cell->ump.raw.extra = 0; For a legacy (non-UMP) event, size == sizeof(struct snd_seq_event) == sizeof(cell->event), so the condition is false and the extra word keeps stale data. The cell pool is allocated with kvmalloc() (not zeroed) and cells are reused via a free list, so that word holds uninitialised heap or leftover event data. When such a cell is delivered to a UMP client (client->midi_version > 0) that set SNDRV_SEQ_FILTER_NO_CONVERT -- so the legacy event reaches it unconverted -- snd_seq_read() reads it out as the larger struct snd_seq_ump_event and copies the stale word to user space, a 4-byte kernel heap infoleak to an unprivileged /dev/snd/seq client. Compare against sizeof(cell->ump) instead, so the trailing word is zeroed for every event shorter than the UMP cell.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Awaiting Analysis

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-07-25 10:17:33.493000

Last modified

2026-11-03 18:15:39.353000

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  "published": "2026-07-25T10:17:33.493",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T18:15:39.353",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: seq: Fix uninitialised heap leak in snd_seq_event_dup()\n\nsnd_seq_event_dup() copies an incoming event into a pool cell and, in\nthe UMP-enabled build, clears the trailing cell->ump.raw.extra word that\nthe memcpy() did not cover.  The guard deciding whether to clear it\ncompares the copied size against sizeof(cell->event):\n\n\tmemcpy(&cell->ump, event, size);\n\tif (size < sizeof(cell->event))\n\t\tcell->ump.raw.extra = 0;\n\nFor a legacy (non-UMP) event, size == sizeof(struct snd_seq_event) ==\nsizeof(cell->event), so the condition is false and the extra word keeps\nstale data.  The cell pool is allocated with kvmalloc() (not zeroed) and\ncells are reused via a free list, so that word holds uninitialised heap\nor leftover event data.\n\nWhen such a cell is delivered to a UMP client (client->midi_version > 0)\nthat set SNDRV_SEQ_FILTER_NO_CONVERT -- so the legacy event reaches it\nunconverted -- snd_seq_read() reads it out as the larger struct\nsnd_seq_ump_event and copies the stale word to user space, a 4-byte\nkernel heap infoleak to an unprivileged /dev/snd/seq client.\n\nCompare against sizeof(cell->ump) instead, so the trailing word is zeroed\nfor every event shorter than the UMP cell."
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