# CVE-2026-74682: ALSA: usb-audio: fix OOB write on Type II inbound URBs

> A local attacker with physical access can trigger an out-of-bounds write in the Linux kernel USB audio driver, potentially leading to code execution or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 22 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-97257, BELL-CVE-2026-74682, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74682, GHSA-f9hx-h75g-5vp2, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74682

## What is CVE-2026-74682?

CVE-2026-74682 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 Aug 2026. 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: usb-audio: fix OOB write on Type II inbound URBs

data_ep_set_params() sizes each URB transfer buffer before it adds the
Format Type II transfer delimiter:

	u->packets = urb_packs;
	u->buffer_size = maxsize * u->packets;

	if (fmt->fmt_type == UAC_FORMAT_TYPE_II)
		u->packets++; /* for transfer delimiter */
	u->urb = usb_alloc_urb(u->packets, GFP_KERNEL);

buffer_size is computed from the pre-increment packet count and never
recomputed, so for a Type II endpoint the buffer is one packet short of
the packet count the URB is built with.

prepare_inbound_urb() then lays out one iso frame per packet and never
consults buffer_size:

	offs = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < urb_ctx->packets; i++) {
		urb->iso_frame_desc[i].offset = offs;
		urb->iso_frame_desc[i].length = ep->curpacksize;
		offs += ep->curpacksize;
	}

	urb->transfer_buffer_length = offs;
	urb->number_of_packets = urb_ctx->packets;

The last descriptor therefore points one packet past the end of the
transfer buffer, where the host controller writes device data on every
inbound transfer.  prepare_silent_urb() and prepare_playback_urb() bound
their fill loops by ctx->buffer_size, so only capture is affected.

fmt_type comes from the device's audio streaming descriptors, so any
device advertising a Type II capture format hits this once userspace sets
hw_params on the stream.

KASAN on 7.2.0-rc5 (arm64) with a dummy_hcd/raw-gadget device, one report
per inbound transfer:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in dummy_timer
  Write of size 64 at addr ffff0000186171c0 by task cons02/166
   __asan_memcpy
   dummy_timer
   hrtimer_run_softirq
  Allocated by task 166:
   usb_alloc_coherent
   snd_usb_endpoint_set_params
  The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
   allocated 64-byte region [ffff000018617180, ffff0000186171c0)

Compute buffer_size after the delimiter packet has been accounted for,
and bound the fill loop by buffer_size, as prepare_silent_urb() already
does on the outbound side.  This grows every Type II URB allocation by
one maxsize packet.

Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-74682?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-74682?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-74682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-74682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-74682 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-74682 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 Aug 2026. 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-2026-74682 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-2026-74682/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-74682/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74682
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74682
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-74682

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