CVE-2026-96675

A flaw was found in alsa-lib. This denial of service vulnerability exists in the multi PCM plugin due to a failure to validate sparse binding indices before array access. A local attacker can supply a malicious ALSA configuration file with sparse bindings. This can trigger an out-of-bounds array read and assertion failure, causing the application to terminate unexpectedly.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.