CVE-2022-50719

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

ALSA: line6: fix stack overflow in line6_midi_transmit

Correctly calculate available space including the size of the chunk buffer. This fixes a buffer overflow when multiple MIDI sysex messages are sent to a PODxt device.

Red Hat has categorized this vulnerability as having a Low severity impact because exploitation requires local access and the physical or emulated presence of specialized Line 6 USB hardware. In standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux server and enterprise deployments, external multimedia and MIDI devices are rarely attached or supported. Consequently, the flaw presents minimal exposure under standard operational environments, with potential risk primarily confined to a localized denial of service.

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