CVE-2026-64490 Affecting kernel-azure-extra package, versions <6.12.0-160000.38.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELAZUREEXTRA-20318823
  • published30 Sept 2026
  • disclosed22 Sept 2026

Introduced: 22 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-azure-extra to version 6.12.0-160000.38.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-azure-extra package and not the kernel-azure-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ALSA: virtio: Validate control metadata from the device

virtio-snd control handling trusts the device-provided control type and value count returned by the device.

That metadata is then used directly to index g_v2a_type_map[] in virtsnd_kctl_info(), and to size loops and memcpy() operations in virtsnd_kctl_get() and virtsnd_kctl_put() against fixed-size virtio_snd_ctl_value and snd_ctl_elem_value arrays.

A buggy or malicious device can therefore trigger out-of-bounds access by advertising an invalid control type or an oversized value count.

Validate control type and count once in virtsnd_kctl_parse_cfg(), before querying enumerated items or exposing the control to ALSA.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1