# CVE-2026-99068: ALSA: ctxfi: Fix memory leakage when clearing DAO input mappers

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108734, GHSA-8467-WMQ7-XF7Q
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.57, 7.2.11
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Affected

- Linux: from e576e7843c0d65b82d4092e5b386d9fbf5bc10c3, fixed in f7dc71c1ce885f5d9f128037ebc75d9c0356e060; from e576e7843c0d65b82d4092e5b386d9fbf5bc10c3, fixed in 0919d8dd19f92e12829055c75fced9a454d644bf; from e576e7843c0d65b82d4092e5b386d9fbf5bc10c3, fixed in 593d46fc6af9a0178a46e77d6d24b20d2314165f
- Linux: 6.14
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.14.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ctxfi: Fix memory leakage when clearing DAO input mappers Commit e576e7843c0d ("ALSA: ctxfi: Simplify dao_clear_{left,right}_input() functions") centralized the DAO input mapper clearing logic in dao_clear_input(), but omitted the kfree() calls. It removes the mapper entries from the list and sets their pointers to NULL without freeing the allocated array. This leaks memory each time dao_clear_input() is called. Store the base pointer of the allocation before clearing the mapper entries and free the array after removing entries from the list.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dc71c1ce885f5d9f128037ebc75d9c0356e060
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0919d8dd19f92e12829055c75fced9a454d644bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/593d46fc6af9a0178a46e77d6d24b20d2314165f

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