# CVE-2026-31748: comedi: me\_daq: Fix potential overrun of firmware buffer

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.29

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: me_daq: Fix potential overrun of firmware buffer `me2600_xilinx_download()` loads the firmware that was requested by `request_firmware()`. It is possible for it to overrun the source buffer because it blindly trusts the file format. It reads a data stream length from the first 4 bytes into variable `file_length` and reads the data stream contents of length `file_length` from offset 16 onwards. Although it checks that the supplied firmware is at least 16 bytes long, it does not check that it is long enough to contain the data stream. Add a test to ensure that the supplied firmware is long enough to contain the header and the data stream. On failure, log an error and return `-EINVAL`.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fc25a4c2e055cd42ea39a1b42c89bfef70e0319
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f39fa07259eb342908e4aa0271dee038a8ce4f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f8ec00cfb8d8e826e30b1138a56355b88e9ba8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16ac4e173a05011437a2d868f70cc415339065a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bf8761eb59e94bf7b8c17b2a1ee48f14378b172
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a47ae40339c1048f519df33ff8840731720f57cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c607a77aab783f2e38cc2e0f24aa6c8f6d200b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc797d4821c754c701d9714b58bea947e31dbbe0

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