CVE-2026-64001: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix setup list UAF on proc write error snd_pcm_oss_proc_write() links a newly allocated setup entry into the OSS setup list before duplicating the task name. If the task-name allocation fails, the error path frees the already linked entry and leaves setup_list pointing at freed memory. A later OSS device open can then walk the stale list entry in snd_pcm_oss_look_for_setup() and dereference freed memory. Allocate the task name and initialize the setup entry before publishing the entry on setup_list. Also fetch the initial proc read iterator only after taking setup_mutex, so all setup_list traversal follows the same list lifetime rules.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.17, before 6.12.93 (fixed in 6.12.93); from 6.13, before 6.18.35 (fixed in 6.18.35); from 6.19, before 7.0.12 (fixed in 7.0.12); version 7.1 only

Published 2026-07-19. Last modified 2026-10-02.