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ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too UAC3 power domain descriptors need to be verified with its variable bLength for avoiding the unexpected OOB accesses by malicious firmware, too.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.149, 6.12.43, 6.15.11, 6.16.2, 6.6.103
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38729
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Sept 2025, 15:33 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too UAC3 power domain descriptors need to be verified with its variable bLength for avoiding the unexpected OOB accesses by malicious firmware, too.
osv:CVE-2025-38729
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.149, 6.6.103, 6.12.43, 6.15.11, 6.16.2
Complete source record
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