# ALSA: aloop: Check card index validity at probe

CVE record · `CVE-2026-80972`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-80972`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 11 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 11 Sept 2026, 19:42 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: `597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d to before 6da6ffb34a5d54e7e6efebb253899c6a3501a611` (git)
  - affected: `597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d to before e35d11102ef0945feaa1dba4e511685911695ab9` (git)
  - affected: `597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d to before 6fe7d13608a9d1cf5aff9decc0cc653b0f38f537` (git)
  - affected: `597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d to before c589aeaadfde1cfedb5c6f0a3c782807282126d9` (git)
  - affected: `597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d to before 7b3f9855849363e402bf2141df2b428581cbf31b` (git)
  - affected: `597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d to before efbc2e9e43a1b5c6d75ae47439c06896bb142ae6` (git)
  - affected: `597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d to before 819b106a9fd2ef3fd8abf898b9a8e4524eca8f48` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.37`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.37` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.221 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.188 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.109 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.50 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.4 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 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

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **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

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-80972](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80972)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-80972](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80972)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6da6ffb34a5d54e7e6efebb253899c6a3501a611>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e35d11102ef0945feaa1dba4e511685911695ab9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe7d13608a9d1cf5aff9decc0cc653b0f38f537>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c589aeaadfde1cfedb5c6f0a3c782807282126d9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b3f9855849363e402bf2141df2b428581cbf31b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efbc2e9e43a1b5c6d75ae47439c06896bb142ae6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/819b106a9fd2ef3fd8abf898b9a8e4524eca8f48>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

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

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