---
id: CVE-2026-72303
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ASoC: SOF: ipc4-control: Validate notification payload size

  Validate MODULE_NOTIFICATION payload length before reading
  bytes/channel data in control update handling.
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ASoC: SOF: ipc4-control: Validate notification payload size

  Validate MODULE_NOTIFICATION payload length before reading
  bytes/channel data in control update handling.
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-125
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
affected:
  - enterprise_linux 10
  - enterprise_linux 9
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T19:17:21.297'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72303'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bdfeccb7fbf6e000fc783cd8412732e67c1ad0c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29f5b4498894aebb2f87b1a29bb320e2f9348f9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-72303.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72303'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2516273'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72303'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72303'
  - url: >-
      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081503-CVE-2026-72303-ec62@gregkh/T
tags:
  - nvd
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
  - cve.org
  - score-dispute
epss: 0.00165
epssPercentile: 0.05671
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-16T18:46:16.232770Z'
scores:
  nvd: 7.8
  vendor: 5.5
  cna: 7.8
ingestedAt: '2026-10-16T19:46:24.409Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ASoC: SOF: ipc4-control: Validate notification payload size

Validate MODULE_NOTIFICATION payload length before reading
bytes/channel data in control update handling.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-10-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-72303.json)