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ALSA: caiaq: fix out-of-bounds read in the Traktor Kontrol S4 input parser

Published Jul 25, 2026

Description

snd_usb_caiaq_tks4_dispatch() decodes the Traktor Kontrol S4 input stream in fixed 16-byte (TKS4_MSGBLOCK_SIZE) message blocks. On every iteration it advances buf and subtracts the block size while looping on "while (len)".

len is urb->actual_length. That value is supplied by the device and is not guaranteed to be a multiple of 16. When a final short block leaves len between 1 and 15, the loop runs once more, reads up to buf[15], and then does "len -= TKS4_MSGBLOCK_SIZE". As len is unsigned this underflows to a huge value. The loop then keeps iterating and walking buf far past the end of the 512-byte ep4_in_buf, reading out of bounds until a bogus block id happens to be hit.

Iterate only while a full message block is available. This stops the unsigned underflow and silently drops any trailing partial block, which carries no complete control value anyway.

The sibling endpoint-4 parsers are not affected. The Traktor Kontrol X1 and Maschine arms in snd_usb_caiaq_ep4_reply_dispatch() floor urb->actual_length before dispatching.

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CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Jul 25, 2026
Updated Aug 17, 2026
Reserved Jul 19, 2026

CISA Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status Received
Modified Aug 17, 2026

Red Hat

Severity Moderate
Public date Jul 25, 2026
Bugzilla 2507086

ENISA EUVD

Assigner Linux
Published Jul 25, 2026
Updated Aug 17, 2026

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