CVE-2024-27436: Linux kernel · ALSA: usb-audio: Stop parsing channels bits when all channels are found.
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in 4.4.0-1137.143 : update Linux kernel when convenient.
Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 10:59 UTC
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 4.4.0-1137.143, 4.15.0-1182.197~14.04.1, 4.4.0-260.294~14.04.1 +87
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 May 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.
Patches and advisories
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6816-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6828-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-3 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-3 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-4 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6871-1 (opens in a new tab)
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinuxpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-awspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-azurepkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-gcppkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gcp?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-gkepkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gke?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTSlinux-ibmpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-ibm?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Stop parsing channels bits when all channels are found. If a usb audio device sets more bits than the amount of channels it could write outside of the map array.
References
- ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-27436 (opens in a new tab)
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27436 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/linus/a39d51ff1f52cd0b6fe7d379ac93bd8b4237d1b7 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e2c1b0f6dd9abde9e60f0f9730026714468770f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5dc96b154be371df0d62ecb07efe400701ed8a (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd466673b34bac369334f66cbe14bb77b7d7827 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af1658ba293458ca6a13f70637b9654fa4be064 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/629af0d5fe94a35f498ba2c3f19bd78bfa591be6 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/22cad1b841a63635a38273b799b4791f202ade72 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8a24fd281dcdf3c926413dafbafcf35cde517a9 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d88b289fb0a8d055cb79d1c46a56aba7809d96d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a39d51ff1f52cd0b6fe7d379ac93bd8b4237d1b7 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6816-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6821-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6817-2 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6828-1 (opens in a new tab)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6820-2 (opens in a new tab)