From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com,tiwai@suse.de
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ALSA: scarlett2: Fix buffer overflow in config retrieval" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:11:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026012703-refresh-segment-c671@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 6f5c69f72e50d51be3a8c028ae7eda42c82902cb
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026012703-refresh-segment-c671@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 6f5c69f72e50d51be3a8c028ae7eda42c82902cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samasth Norway Ananda <samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:27:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: scarlett2: Fix buffer overflow in config retrieval
The scarlett2_usb_get_config() function has a logic error in the
endianness conversion code that can cause buffer overflows when
count > 1.
The code checks `if (size == 2)` where `size` is the total buffer size in
bytes, then loops `count` times treating each element as u16 (2 bytes).
This causes the loop to access `count * 2` bytes when the buffer only
has `size` bytes allocated.
Fix by checking the element size (config_item->size) instead of the
total buffer size. This ensures the endianness conversion matches the
actual element type.
Fixes: ac34df733d2d ("ALSA: usb-audio: scarlett2: Update get_config to do endian conversion")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Samasth Norway Ananda <samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260117012706.1715574-1-samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c b/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c
index f2446bf3982c..bef8c9e544dd 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c
@@ -2533,13 +2533,13 @@ static int scarlett2_usb_get_config(
err = scarlett2_usb_get(mixer, config_item->offset, buf, size);
if (err < 0)
return err;
- if (size == 2) {
+ if (config_item->size == 16) {
u16 *buf_16 = buf;
for (i = 0; i < count; i++, buf_16++)
*buf_16 = le16_to_cpu(*(__le16 *)buf_16);
- } else if (size == 4) {
- u32 *buf_32 = buf;
+ } else if (config_item->size == 32) {
+ u32 *buf_32 = (u32 *)buf;
for (i = 0; i < count; i++, buf_32++)
*buf_32 = le32_to_cpu(*(__le32 *)buf_32);
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2026-01-27 13:11 gregkh [this message]
2026-01-28 0:56 ` [PATCH 6.1.y] ALSA: scarlett2: Fix buffer overflow in config retrieval Sasha Levin
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