# ALSA: usb-audio: Clamp implicit feedback packet count to URB capacity

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98265`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98265`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 Oct 2026, 08:45 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: `df75696e70c88b22ed1d8c9d515993a858c58fd0 to before 6c5c986f761756a6ff7b3aea51c11994fc2464e5` (git)
  - affected: `3a74f6b46c01d9a816378cd83c327a59f61475ec to before e44cee1bf51e606f3e70a213eb5a1abb3fa56a81` (git)
  - affected: `c26bde6301f20d9aafbfb7c2459a88c6a6ec178f to before 8b637ab10e40e01b452f4aff66dad335a9b89a16` (git)
  - affected: `32a1f64f8ff6e2c5391f5964baec697bce25b83c to before ad279ba0dc1781229f5b52f58d38d56960400e06` (git)
  - affected: `e949fd266cfa1dcca7caa3faa698578c4ffd26d6 to before 79c55a7b5d71cf2a6bbd4bd7698e1b10b70f813a` (git)
  - affected: `cf044e44190234a41a788de1cdbb6c21f4a52e1e to before ab77e3f453c5f2499c08d6e8e218501d25bab39e` (git)
  - affected: `cf044e44190234a41a788de1cdbb6c21f4a52e1e to before 76a986c980bb502c7688d605ac7a67fd257a9a1b` (git)
  - affected: `f6fbdf797e016fbf968dd54301026b182175985a` (git)
  - affected: `5.15.202 to before 5.15.224` (semver)
  - affected: `6.1.165 to before 6.1.191` (semver)
  - affected: `6.6.128 to before 6.6.160` (semver)
  - affected: `6.12.75 to before 6.12.112` (semver)
  - and 2 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.0`
  - unaffected: `before 7.0` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.54 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.8 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 10 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 6 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98265](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98265)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98265](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98265)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c5c986f761756a6ff7b3aea51c11994fc2464e5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e44cee1bf51e606f3e70a213eb5a1abb3fa56a81>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b637ab10e40e01b452f4aff66dad335a9b89a16>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad279ba0dc1781229f5b52f58d38d56960400e06>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79c55a7b5d71cf2a6bbd4bd7698e1b10b70f813a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab77e3f453c5f2499c08d6e8e218501d25bab39e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76a986c980bb502c7688d605ac7a67fd257a9a1b>

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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