Answer in brief
CVE-2022-49292 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in ALSA: oss: Fix PCM OSS buffer allocation overflow. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
Answer in brief
CVE-2022-49292 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in ALSA: oss: Fix PCM OSS buffer allocation overflow. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <a63af1baf0a5e11827db60e3127f87e437cab6e5 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <0c4190b41a69990666b4000999e27f8f1b2a426b || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <5ce74ff7059341d8b2f4d01c3383491df63d1898 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <7a40cbf3579a8e14849ba7ce46309c1992658d2b || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <fb08bf99195a87c798bc8ae1357337a981faeade || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <e74a069c6a7bb505f3ade141dddf85f4b0b5145a || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <efb6402c3c4a7c26d97c92d70186424097b6e366 | a63af1baf0a5e11827db60e3127f87e437cab6e5, 0c4190b41a69990666b4000999e27f8f1b2a426b, 5ce74ff7059341d8b2f4d01c3383491df63d1898, 7a40cbf3579a8e14849ba7ce46309c1992658d2b, fb08bf99195a87c798bc8ae1357337a981faeade, e74a069c6a7bb505f3ade141dddf85f4b0b5145a, efb6402c3c4a7c26d97c92d70186424097b6e366 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Feb 26, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 4, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 4, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: oss: Fix PCM OSS buffer allocation overflow We've got syzbot reports hitting INT_MAX overflow at vmalloc() allocation that is called from snd_pcm_plug_alloc(). Although we apply the restrictions to input parameters, it's based only on the hw_params of the underlying PCM device. Since the PCM OSS layer allocates a temporary buffer for the data conversion, the size may become unexpectedly large when more channels or higher rates is given; in the reported case, it went over INT_MAX, hence it hits WARN_ON(). This patch is an attempt to avoid such an overflow and an allocation for too large buffers. First off, it adds the limit of 1MB as the upper bound for period bytes. This must be large enough for all use cases, and we really don't want to handle a larger temporary buffer than this size. The size check is performed at two places, where the original period bytes is calculated and where the plugin buffer size is calculated. In addition, the driver uses array_size() and array3_size() for multiplications to catch overflows for the converted period size and buffer bytes.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <a63af1baf0a5e11827db60e3127f87e437cab6e5 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <0c4190b41a69990666b4000999e27f8f1b2a426b || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <5ce74ff7059341d8b2f4d01c3383491df63d1898 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <7a40cbf3579a8e14849ba7ce46309c1992658d2b || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <fb08bf99195a87c798bc8ae1357337a981faeade || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <e74a069c6a7bb505f3ade141dddf85f4b0b5145a || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <efb6402c3c4a7c26d97c92d70186424097b6e366 | a63af1baf0a5e11827db60e3127f87e437cab6e5, 0c4190b41a69990666b4000999e27f8f1b2a426b, 5ce74ff7059341d8b2f4d01c3383491df63d1898, 7a40cbf3579a8e14849ba7ce46309c1992658d2b, fb08bf99195a87c798bc8ae1357337a981faeade, e74a069c6a7bb505f3ade141dddf85f4b0b5145a, efb6402c3c4a7c26d97c92d70186424097b6e366 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Feb 26, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 4, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 4, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: oss: Fix PCM OSS buffer allocation overflow We've got syzbot reports hitting INT_MAX overflow at vmalloc() allocation that is called from snd_pcm_plug_alloc(). Although we apply the restrictions to input parameters, it's based only on the hw_params of the underlying PCM device. Since the PCM OSS layer allocates a temporary buffer for the data conversion, the size may become unexpectedly large when more channels or higher rates is given; in the reported case, it went over INT_MAX, hence it hits WARN_ON(). This patch is an attempt to avoid such an overflow and an allocation for too large buffers. First off, it adds the limit of 1MB as the upper bound for period bytes. This must be large enough for all use cases, and we really don't want to handle a larger temporary buffer than this size. The size check is performed at two places, where the original period bytes is calculated and where the plugin buffer size is calculated. In addition, the driver uses array_size() and array3_size() for multiplications to catch overflows for the converted period size and buffer bytes.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.