[PATCH v3] ALSA: usb-mixer: us16x08: validate meter packet indices

From: Shipei Qu
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 21:48:20 EST


get_meter_levels_from_urb() parses the 64-byte meter packets sent by
the device and fills the per-channel arrays meter_level[],
comp_level[] and master_level[] in struct snd_us16x08_meter_store.

Currently the function derives the channel index directly from the
meter packet (MUB2(meter_urb, s) - 1) and uses it to index those
arrays without validating the range. If the packet contains a
negative or out-of-range channel number, the driver may write past
the end of these arrays.

Introduce a local channel variable and validate it before updating the
arrays. We reject negative indices, limit meter_level[] and
comp_level[] to SND_US16X08_MAX_CHANNELS, and guard master_level[]
updates with ARRAY_SIZE(master_level).

Reported-by: DARKNAVY (@DarkNavyOrg) <vr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shipei Qu <qu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: rephrase commit description
v2: resend with properly formatted diff

sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c b/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c
index 1c5712c31..f9df40730 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c
@@ -655,17 +655,25 @@ static void get_meter_levels_from_urb(int s,
u8 *meter_urb)
{
int val = MUC2(meter_urb, s) + (MUC3(meter_urb, s) << 8);
+ int ch = MUB2(meter_urb, s) - 1;
+
+ if (ch < 0)
+ return;

if (MUA0(meter_urb, s) == 0x61 && MUA1(meter_urb, s) == 0x02 &&
MUA2(meter_urb, s) == 0x04 && MUB0(meter_urb, s) == 0x62) {
- if (MUC0(meter_urb, s) == 0x72)
- store->meter_level[MUB2(meter_urb, s) - 1] = val;
- if (MUC0(meter_urb, s) == 0xb2)
- store->comp_level[MUB2(meter_urb, s) - 1] = val;
+ if (ch < SND_US16X08_MAX_CHANNELS) {
+ if (MUC0(meter_urb, s) == 0x72)
+ store->meter_level[ch] = val;
+ if (MUC0(meter_urb, s) == 0xb2)
+ store->comp_level[ch] = val;
+ }
}
if (MUA0(meter_urb, s) == 0x61 && MUA1(meter_urb, s) == 0x02 &&
- MUA2(meter_urb, s) == 0x02 && MUB0(meter_urb, s) == 0x62)
- store->master_level[MUB2(meter_urb, s) - 1] = val;
+ MUA2(meter_urb, s) == 0x02 && MUB0(meter_urb, s) == 0x62) {
+ if (ch < ARRAY_SIZE(store->master_level))
+ store->master_level[ch] = val;
+ }
}

/* Function to retrieve current meter values from the device.
--
2.45.1