Medium [CVE-2026-68348] bound firmware description string parsing
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-68348 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat package: kernel.
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Summary
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. A specially crafted, malformed firmware image could allow an attacker to cause the parser to read beyond the intended buffer, potentially leading to information disclosure or system instability.
This issue affects TI TAS2781 audio amplifiers. Systems without TAS2781 codecs are not affected.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-170.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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