Linux Kernel up to 6.18.39/7.1.4 ASoC snd_acp_sdw_legacy_mach.c create_sdw_dailinks out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.39/7.1.4 and classified as very critical. This issue affects the function create_sdw_dailinks of the file snd_acp_sdw_legacy_mach.c of the component ASoC. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-74333. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.39/7.1.4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function create_sdw_dailinks of the file snd_acp_sdw_legacy_mach.c of the component ASoC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: amd: acp-sdw-legacy: Bound DAI link iteration create_sdw_dailinks() walks soc_dais until it finds an entry with initialised cleared, but soc_dais is allocated with exactly num_ends entries. If all entries are initialised, the loop reads past the end of the array. This was reported by KASAN: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in mc_probe+0x26b3/0x2774 [snd_acp_sdw_legacy_mach] Read of size 1 Pass the allocated entry count to create_sdw_dailinks() and stop before reading past the array.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-74333 since 08/15/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/15/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.18.40, 7.1.5 or 7.2-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 1279bdab5fa1f28c168e54215db506e87c6fac1e/d49ecdf327cc91062d2f80996a163cf65fda1e60 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
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• 6.18.36
• 6.18.37
• 6.18.38
• 6.18.39
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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