# ALSA: compress: Fix task creation error unwind

CVE record · `CVE-2026-64485`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-64485`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-401](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Jul 2026, 08:51 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `04177158cf98a79744937893b100020d77e6f9ac to before b27a75d42044d9d4709095617730b91b1c4af423` (git)
  - affected: `04177158cf98a79744937893b100020d77e6f9ac to before 426a9947a38d272d0e19c031658da68e31128667` (git)
  - affected: `04177158cf98a79744937893b100020d77e6f9ac to before 4a60127debb9e370d6c0e22a307326b624a141f3` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.13`
  - unaffected: `before 6.13` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.39 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.4 to 7.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 25 Jul 2026, 10:17 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64485)

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-64485](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64485)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-64485](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64485)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b27a75d42044d9d4709095617730b91b1c4af423>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/426a9947a38d272d0e19c031658da68e31128667>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a60127debb9e370d6c0e22a307326b624a141f3>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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