# ALSA: 6fire: bound the MIDI event length from the device

CVE record · `CVE-2026-80973`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-80973`
- **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: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before c9204bc2ed2010e2469dbe5fce598878a37efd04` (git)
  - affected: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before 2c590d5e1b1595d5c8fa0b72d2897423ce9985ca` (git)
  - affected: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before 0c8a3c773823cf12abd39c480aed70e25c384630` (git)
  - affected: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before 00e84a9ff2d43953ae261995cae94d46f4c307a6` (git)
  - affected: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before 466e911bbbbb779bb06337e35a286e5ca7af16b3` (git)
  - affected: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before 2a6f6fba3bd31d2e8c957fefa29156e35e5e75d5` (git)
  - affected: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before 34816e2cfeabafb8eccf54687186ce25699e8363` (git)
  - affected: `c6d43ba816d1cf1d125bfbfc938f2a28a87facf9 to before a478893b59e36cfe7d77a76b352f2db55502e879` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.39`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.39` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.270 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0022, the 12th 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-2026-80973](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80973)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-80973](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80973)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9204bc2ed2010e2469dbe5fce598878a37efd04>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c590d5e1b1595d5c8fa0b72d2897423ce9985ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8a3c773823cf12abd39c480aed70e25c384630>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00e84a9ff2d43953ae261995cae94d46f4c307a6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/466e911bbbbb779bb06337e35a286e5ca7af16b3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6f6fba3bd31d2e8c957fefa29156e35e5e75d5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34816e2cfeabafb8eccf54687186ce25699e8363>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a478893b59e36cfe7d77a76b352f2db55502e879>

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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