{"id":"CVE-2026-98053","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ASoC: Intel: avs: Refactor and fix init_config access","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: Intel: avs: Refactor and fix init_config access\n\nExisting code accesses enties found in ->init_configs array through\nindexes that are part of ->config_ids array.  Those two are limited by:\n->num_init_configs and ->num_config_ids respectively.  Using ID larger\nor equal to ->num_init_configs leads to out-of-bounds access:\n\navs_path_module_send_init_configs()\nloop:\n\t(...) &acomp->tplg->init_configs[ids[i]]\n\t\t\t\t\t^ out-of-bounds candidate\n\nRather than adding another if-statement, refactor the code.  There is no\nneed to store the IDs, have a list of pointers to actual config-entries\ninstead.  As the verification of ->init_config entries does not differ from\nverification of other types that are part of the topology.c file, simply\nreuse the code.","publishedAt":"2026-09-25T10:24:01.074Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T12:54:17.218Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"8a49ef789b1be68242624d460df2ada8087308a7","status":"affected","lessThan":"70ffcaf86a053be99daaf3b103beac0ad7136ca3","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8a49ef789b1be68242624d460df2ada8087308a7","status":"affected","lessThan":"75bd5ea9c858d89fb8862f23afb00783bf02cd7a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8a49ef789b1be68242624d460df2ada8087308a7","status":"affected","lessThan":"8f20a0f4f7d638e83ae86db1719a24c7049762f5","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8a49ef789b1be68242624d460df2ada8087308a7","status":"affected","lessThan":"681e91035dc794896a904852040837190e5041f5","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["sound/soc/intel/avs/path.c","sound/soc/intel/avs/topology.c","sound/soc/intel/avs/topology.h"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.9","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.114","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["sound/soc/intel/avs/path.c","sound/soc/intel/avs/topology.c","sound/soc/intel/avs/topology.h"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70ffcaf86a053be99daaf3b103beac0ad7136ca3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75bd5ea9c858d89fb8862f23afb00783bf02cd7a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f20a0f4f7d638e83ae86db1719a24c7049762f5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/681e91035dc794896a904852040837190e5041f5"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:43.249Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98053.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98053","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:24:01.074Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:54:17.218Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:19:56.072Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"ASoC: Intel: avs: Refactor and fix init_config access","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: Intel: avs: Refactor and fix init_config access\n\nExisting code accesses enties found in ->init_configs array through\nindexes that are part of ->config_ids array.  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