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CVE-2026-97418: ALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 3d8adddf4e4a5a43847ee62e5e78ba05e756bdef, 422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93, 908323ed61d5e7ad74889524d327cfb6a65ec8df.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 3d8adddf4e4a5a43847ee62e5e78ba05e756bdef, 422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93, 908323ed61d5e7ad74889524d327cfb6a65ec8df or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: es18xx: check control allocation before private data setup snd_es18xx_mixer() creates controls with snd_ctl_new1() and then stores bookkeeping pointers or sets private_free before calling snd_ctl_add(). snd_ctl_new1() can return NULL on allocation failure, so those writes can dereference a NULL control pointer. Check the returned control pointers before using them and return -ENOMEM on allocation failure.

—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 24, 2026
Updated
Oct 3, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile
CWE
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Action score

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
0 / 40 · —
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.12affected
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before e6c84fe4cf6f98f7b1ad446a42cfcb46bae83f66affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 908323ed61d5e7ad74889524d327cfb6a65ec8dfaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 3d8adddf4e4a5a43847ee62e5e78ba05e756bdefaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 91c97a7969dae976de954453ab6e925e6522fecbaffected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 978079238f40f1a08ddb12ce208c484246f6a1b0affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before d88c24b76f285df9d206751e22c28e2613258cb3affected · git
    • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 and later · before 422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93affected · git
    • before 2.6.12not affected · semver
    • 5.10.271 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.190-16.1.190-1
Debian:12linux-6.12before 6.12.111-1~deb12u16.12.111-1~deb12u1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.111-16.12.111-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.2.6-17.2.6-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-97416Sep 24, 2026 · btrfs: balance: fix potential bg lookup failure in btrfs_may_alloc_data_chunk()
    0Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-97417Sep 24, 2026 · netfilter: nf_conntrack: use get_unaligned_be32() in tcp_sack()
    30Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-97419Sep 24, 2026 · hsr: broadcast netlink notifications in the device's net namespace
    0Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux3d8adddf4e4a5a43847ee62e5e78ba05e756bdefVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux422e42b7c2b882ba1d16d4afc8891bcea7c4de93Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux908323ed61d5e7ad74889524d327cfb6a65ec8dfVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux91c97a7969dae976de954453ab6e925e6522fecbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux978079238f40f1a08ddb12ce208c484246f6a1b0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd88c24b76f285df9d206751e22c28e2613258cb3Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe6c84fe4cf6f98f7b1ad446a42cfcb46bae83f66Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.190-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux6.12.111-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux-6.126.12.111-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

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No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

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Weakness class (CWE)

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References

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