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ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion The conversion function from MIDI 1.0 to UMP packet contains an internal buffer to keep the incoming MIDI bytes, and its size is 4, as it was supposed to be the max size for a MIDI1 UMP packet data. However, the implementation overlooked that SysEx is handled in a different format, and it can be up to 6 bytes, as found in do_convert_to_ump(). It leads eventually to a buffer overflow, and may corrupt the memory when a longer SysEx message is received. The fix is simply to extend the buffer size to 6 to fit with the SysEx UMP message.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.28, 6.14.6, 6.6.90
CVEs
CVE-2025-37891
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
8 Nov 2026, 00:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 May 2025, 07:19 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion The conversion function from MIDI 1.0 to UMP packet contains an internal buffer to keep the incoming MIDI bytes, and its size is 4, as it was supposed to be the max size for a MIDI1 UMP packet data. However, the implementation overlooked that SysEx is handled in a different format, and it can be up to 6 bytes, as found in do_convert_to_ump(). It leads eventually to a buffer overflow, and may corrupt the memory when a longer SysEx message is received. The fix is simply to extend the buffer size to 6 to fit with the SysEx UMP message.

osv:CVE-2025-37891

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.90, 6.12.28, 6.14.6

Complete source record
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