{"cve":"CVE-2026-23089","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-04T17:16:19.780","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:35.503","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: usb-audio: Fix use-after-free in snd_usb_mixer_free()\n\nWhen snd_usb_create_mixer() fails, snd_usb_mixer_free() frees\nmixer->id_elems but the controls already added to the card still\nreference the freed memory. Later when snd_card_register() runs,\nthe OSS mixer layer calls their callbacks and hits a use-after-free read.\n\nCall trace:\n  get_ctl_value+0x63f/0x820 sound/usb/mixer.c:411\n  get_min_max_with_quirks.isra.0+0x240/0x1f40 sound/usb/mixer.c:1241\n  mixer_ctl_feature_info+0x26b/0x490 sound/usb/mixer.c:1381\n  snd_mixer_oss_build_test+0x174/0x3a0 sound/core/oss/mixer_oss.c:887\n  ...\n  snd_card_register+0x4ed/0x6d0 sound/core/init.c:923\n  usb_audio_probe+0x5ef/0x2a90 sound/usb/card.c:1025\n\nFix by calling snd_ctl_remove() for all mixer controls before freeing\nid_elems. We save the next pointer first because snd_ctl_remove()\nfrees the current element.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51b1aa6fe7dc87356ba58df06afb9677c9b841ea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56fb6efd5d04caf6f14994d51ec85393b9a896c6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7009daeefa945973a530b2f605fe445fc03747af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bff0156d13f0ad9436e5178b979b063d59f572a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/930e69757b74c3ae083b0c3c7419bfe7f0edc7b2"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23089","score":0.00158,"percentile":0.04935,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}