alsa-lib vulnerability
Summary
USN-8044-1 fixed a vulnerability in alsa-lib. This update provides the corresponding fix for alsa-lib on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that alsa-lib incorrectly handled the topology mixer control decoder. A local attacker could use a specially crafted topology file to cause alsa-lib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Affected Ubuntu releases: 20.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-25068.
- Ubuntu 20.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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