# ALSA: line6: reject oversized playback packets

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98836`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98836`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:49 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: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before 48c76820dd8858ce60a6e42519141ebcf3dfeebf` (git)
  - affected: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before 7f31587e26e1d4735924bc324e7fa506d85de150` (git)
  - affected: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before e3b68b1d92f279e203923dc8bf45c8860e5b5985` (git)
  - affected: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before 933d8ac23388eb208ea195231d682dce0bec86ca` (git)
  - affected: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before a84371be89c39ccc46c7af8b9eb15c448df9265f` (git)
  - affected: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before 3f75da1e4ee699f6650d23d6897cf443b01856c7` (git)
  - affected: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before b78748424f29f07d310484b2b36afdececa74389` (git)
  - affected: `7a0f55aeeb8f1fa32a119d34ddfefc6100936692 to before 61b0a5a114fa4552892da5c0ff2f42e63bf08c6b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.9`
  - unaffected: `before 4.9` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (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: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 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:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 7 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98836](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98836)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98836](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98836)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48c76820dd8858ce60a6e42519141ebcf3dfeebf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f31587e26e1d4735924bc324e7fa506d85de150>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3b68b1d92f279e203923dc8bf45c8860e5b5985>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/933d8ac23388eb208ea195231d682dce0bec86ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84371be89c39ccc46c7af8b9eb15c448df9265f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f75da1e4ee699f6650d23d6897cf443b01856c7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b78748424f29f07d310484b2b36afdececa74389>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b0a5a114fa4552892da5c0ff2f42e63bf08c6b>

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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