# CVE-2026-52963: ALSA: usb-audio: Bound MIDI endpoint descriptor scans

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 4.20, 5.5
- Published: 2026-06-24 · Updated: 2026-06-24

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.4.238, fixed in 4.5; from 4.9.238, fixed in 4.10; from 4.14.200, fixed in 4.15; from 4.19.149, fixed in 4.20; from 5.4.69, fixed in 5.5
- Linux: 5.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Bound MIDI endpoint descriptor scans snd_usbmidi_get_ms_info() validates the internal MIDIStreaming endpoint descriptor size before using baAssocJackID[], but the descriptor walker can still return a class-specific endpoint descriptor whose bLength exceeds the remaining bytes in the endpoint-extra scan. That leaves later flexible-array reads bounded by bLength, but not by the remaining bytes in the endpoint-extra scan. Stop walking when bLength is zero or extends past the remaining endpoint-extra scan.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 4.20, 5.5) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f1260a056eb3215c13c48c5378f3e4112dc3af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c65b137d351e21cbc5630e73ef0eb1e1d75f5b20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728ab0c72e49ca27185067984cd565425eb69b2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d3b2b01a3e73828e201ece96f863e7a3e0cdc6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0226560540c16717efcceaf15c862cf115b01d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09141583bd97f4bbd7358e29fd138fe798467cdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c59159ce10e75b568cd0d4b29efcb0fb0ddecc94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6854daa67be623860f4e1873fd3d3c275aba4ed

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