CVE-2026-80965

kernel: ALSA: serial-u16550: Check card index validity at probe

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 11, 2026

Updated · September 29, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA serial-u16550 driver. This vulnerability occurs because the driver does not properly validate the card index when a device is manually bound via the sysfs interface. A local user could exploit this by providing an invalid card index, leading to an out-of-bounds memory access. This could result in a system crash, causing a denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-805 · Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value