# CVE-2026-90033: ALSA: usb-audio: fix OOB write in snd\_usbmidi\_us122l\_output()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in 5538daf2a5cc80ac3f3e913c0db045d92d995d40; from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in a441a8e52148c91c2f2a91f42e3b9bc961a13a4b; from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in 2dae0e3a59e31f78222279d544b98e747cd1fbff; from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in 1d4add2b832b56f81bb0eab065ec35c610343018; from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in de6d252f115be887a701c09a05cdb076f3a590c9; from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in 9392a2c346762ffee8edd1ba8bac50d2e24a2ed7; from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in 9d81885d97cba7796d1f8edc88f2499c8296f5b9; from 030a07e441296c372f946cd4065b5d831d8dc40c, fixed in e4637ce34607f1733a34a57294966d26b263e626
- Linux: 2.6.28
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.28, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.51; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: fix OOB write in snd_usbmidi_us122l_output() The snd_usbmidi_us122l_output() picks a count of 2 on anything slower than high speed and never relates it to ep->max_transfer. The URB buffer holds exactly max_transfer bytes, so a device declaring a one byte bulk endpoint takes two bytes from snd_rawmidi_transmit(), and the memset that pads the rest computes 1 - 2 in int and wraps to SIZE_MAX. Only 0x800e and 0x800f are pinned to nine bytes. The US-122MKII at 0x0644:0x8021 falls to the default and takes usb_maxpacket(), which the USB core only clamps downward. The akai and novation output ops in this file were given the same guard recently. Do the same here.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110) 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/5538daf2a5cc80ac3f3e913c0db045d92d995d40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a441a8e52148c91c2f2a91f42e3b9bc961a13a4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dae0e3a59e31f78222279d544b98e747cd1fbff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d4add2b832b56f81bb0eab065ec35c610343018
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de6d252f115be887a701c09a05cdb076f3a590c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9392a2c346762ffee8edd1ba8bac50d2e24a2ed7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d81885d97cba7796d1f8edc88f2499c8296f5b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4637ce34607f1733a34a57294966d26b263e626

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