Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31775
Published: May 2, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128925
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31775
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource enumeration in DAIO initialization in the ALSA ctxfi driver when initializing DAIO resources on hw20k2 systems. A local user can trigger initialization of the affected driver to cause a denial of service.
The issue is specific to hw20k2 systems because the SPDIF1 type has no corresponding definition there.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-31775
Install security update from vendor's repository.