# CVE-2025-68344: ALSA: wavefront: Fix integer overflow in sample size validation

> An integer overflow in the ALSA wavefront driver allows local attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted sample sizes.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-68344, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68344, GHSA-q9mf-8c54-r9jh, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-68344, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-68344, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-68344, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-68344, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-68344, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-68344

## What is CVE-2025-68344?

CVE-2025-68344 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: wavefront: Fix integer overflow in sample size validation

The wavefront_send_sample() function has an integer overflow issue
when validating sample size. The header->size field is u32 but gets
cast to int for comparison with dev->freemem

Fix by using unsigned comparison to avoid integer overflow.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68344?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-68344?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-68344 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68344 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68344 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-68344 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68344 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68344/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68344/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68344
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68344
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68344

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68344/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.