Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: tas2781: bound firmware description string parsing The TAS2781 firmware parser reads several variable-length description strings with strlen() before checking that the string terminator is present inside the firmware blob. A malformed firmware image without a NUL terminator can therefore make the parser walk past the end of the firmware buffer before the later size checks run. Add a small bounded string-length helper and use it for all description fields that are parsed from the firmware buffer. Keep the existing size checks for the fixed bytes that follow each string.
References5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ec45e80a82785ee147516fdecf5c93707dec119
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ddb0d3e36507615e5ef010a879357a54870adf5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ae2b7d37c3dd82302167496836cca9f0328374
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc889dfcea9294a1eae7f8e2f3573a90764ae4d0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e75ef37d83c90b09bedb601624b47e168202b226
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-125
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