CVE-2026-43279

HIGHNVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing

At silencing the playback URB packets in the implicit fb mode before the actual playback, we blindly assume that the received packets fit with the buffer size. But when the setup in the capture stream differs from the playback stream (e.g. due to the USB core limitation of max packet size), such an inconsistency may lead to OOB writes to the buffer, resulting in a crash.

For addressing it, add a sanity check of the transfer buffer size at prepare_silent_urb(), and stop the data copy if the received data overflows. Also, report back the transfer error properly from there, too.

Note that this doesn't fix the root cause of the playback error itself, but this merely covers the kernel Oops.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated May 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc9e5af60dc199051dc202ae78e1fe76a9977a5e
generic

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fba2105a157fffcf19825e4eea498346738c9948
generic

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa01973bb79d70c4736b6a4b2de99fbb2cbc8d1f
generic

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccaf9296763be4f76b59e2cac377006016c34435
generic

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8995fc0e00b3fee9bf7ecb3d836b635b730c1049
generic

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/780dc57794a217b49994fa1d0b42465fb10a00aa
generic

ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6af16f1b8649df4c00d6ced924bdd8b72c885b6a

Patch Availability(31)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1109.105) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-6.8 (6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1062.69) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1109.115~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1117.102) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.64) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iot-realtime-5.15 (5.15.0.1104.108) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1112.122~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.106) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1117.126) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.15.0.1106.110~20.04.1) @ focal2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-134.134) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1058.61.1) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1075 (5.15.0-1075.79) @ jammy2026-08-23ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8 (6.8.0-1029.30) @ noble2026-08-23ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-55.98.1.el10_02026-08-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-305.199.1.el8_42026-07-30redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.157.1.rt56.1309.el72026-07-27redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1160.157.1.el72026-07-23redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-570.127.1.el9_62026-07-13redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-427.136.1.el9_42026-07-08redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-372.199.1.el8_62026-07-06redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-477.150.1.el8_82026-07-06redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.178.1.rt14.463.el9_22026-07-01redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-284.178.1.el9_22026-07-01redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.29.1.el10_22026-06-30redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.17.1.el9_82026-06-22redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-553.136.1.el8_102026-06-19redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.136.1.rt7.477.el8_102026-06-19redhat
linuxKernel @ 5.15.202osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (496 versions)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)6.1.170-1
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)6.12.85-1
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (113 versions)6.19.6-1

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(11)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 82× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 190 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-08-23 19:49 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-23 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-08-17 12:53 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-17 12:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-16 04:51 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 04:51 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-16 04:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-08-14 15:50 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-08-14 03:25 UTCVendor advisory
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  5. 2026-08-13 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-12 16:59 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-12 16:59 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-12 16:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  11. 2026-08-11 15:59 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-11 15:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  15. 2026-08-11 01:31 UTCVendor advisory
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  22. 2026-08-09 14:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-09 02:34 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-09 02:34 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-08-09 02:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-08-08 11:44 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-08 11:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-07 23:20 UTCVendor advisory
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  32. 2026-08-07 10:56 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-07 10:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-06 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-06 16:54 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-06 16:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-06 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-06 02:14 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-08-06 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-08-05 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-05 13:50 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-05 13:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  47. 2026-08-03 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-08-03 19:51 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-03 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-02 17:29 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-02 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  55. 2026-08-02 05:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43279?
CVE-2026-43279 is a high vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Add sanity check for OOB writes at silencing At silencing the playback URB packets in the implicit fb mode before the actual playback, we blindly assume that the received packets fit with the buffer size. But when…
When was CVE-2026-43279 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43279 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43279 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43279 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43279?
CVE-2026-43279 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43279?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43279, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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