# CVE-2026-72303: ASoC: SOF: ipc4-control: Validate notification payload size

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from 2a28b5240f2b328495c6565d277f438dbc583d61, fixed in c29f5b4498894aebb2f87b1a29bb320e2f9348f9; from 2a28b5240f2b328495c6565d277f438dbc583d61, fixed in 5bdfeccb7fbf6e000fc783cd8412732e67c1ad0c
- Linux: 7.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: ipc4-control: Validate notification payload size Validate MODULE_NOTIFICATION payload length before reading bytes/channel data in control update handling.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29f5b4498894aebb2f87b1a29bb320e2f9348f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bdfeccb7fbf6e000fc783cd8412732e67c1ad0c

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