CVE-2022-50719
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Buffer Overflow in Linux ALSA line6 MIDI Transmit Module

Vulnerability report for CVE-2022-50719, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2025-12-24

Last updated on: 2025-12-24

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: line6: fix stack overflow in line6_midi_transmit Correctly calculate available space including the size of the chunk buffer. This fixes a buffer overflow when multiple MIDI sysex messages are sent to a PODxt device.

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Published
2025-12-24
Last Modified
2025-12-24
Generated
2026-07-06
AI Q&A
2025-12-24
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-05
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line6 podxt *

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a stack overflow issue in the ALSA line6 driver for the PODxt device in the Linux kernel. It occurs because the available space was not correctly calculated when handling multiple MIDI sysex messages, leading to a buffer overflow.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can cause a buffer overflow when multiple MIDI sysex messages are sent to a PODxt device, which may lead to system instability, crashes, or potential exploitation by attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service.

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