CVE-2025-37891

ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion

CVE-2025-37891 is fixed in 64 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37891, released May 19, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0025
15th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ump: Fix buffer overflow at UMP SysEx message conversion The conversion function from MIDI 1.0 to UMP packet contains an internal buffer to keep the incoming MIDI bytes, and its size is 4, as it was supposed to be the max size for a MIDI1 UMP packet data. However, the implementation overlooked that SysEx is handled in a different format, and it can be up to 6 bytes, as found in do_convert_to_ump(). It leads eventually to a buffer overflow, and may corrupt the memory when a longer SysEx message is received. The fix is simply to extend the buffer size to 6 to fit with the SysEx UMP message.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel · RHEL 10 6.12.0-55.55.1.el10_0 RHSA-2026:1236 Dec 6, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.40.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.40.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1 Jul 8, 2025
kernel-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1 Aug 20, 2025
kernel-coco_debug · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1 Aug 20, 2025
kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1.150600.12.24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1.150600.12.24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1.150700.17.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11 · sles 15.6 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_12 · sles 15.6 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_2 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1 Jul 16, 2025
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_2 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-source-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.40.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.40.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1 Jul 8, 2025
kernel-source-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1 Aug 20, 2025
kernel-source-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.40.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.40.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01965-1 Jun 16, 2025
kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1 Jul 8, 2025
kernel-syms-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1 Aug 20, 2025
kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1 Jun 16, 2025
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kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02000-1 Jun 18, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1 Jul 14, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.29-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37891 May 19, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.12.29-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37891 May 19, 2025

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