{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "e576e7843c0d65b82d4092e5b386d9fbf5bc10c3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "f7dc71c1ce885f5d9f128037ebc75d9c0356e060"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0919d8dd19f92e12829055c75fced9a454d644bf"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "593d46fc6af9a0178a46e77d6d24b20d2314165f"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.14.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.57"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2.11"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99068.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: ctxfi: Fix memory leakage when clearing DAO input mappers\n\nCommit e576e7843c0d (\"ALSA: ctxfi: Simplify dao_clear_{left,right}_input() functions\")\ncentralized the DAO input mapper clearing logic in\ndao_clear_input(), but omitted the kfree() calls.\n\nIt removes the mapper entries from the list and sets their pointers\nto NULL without freeing the allocated array. This leaks memory each\ntime dao_clear_input() is called.\n\nStore the base pointer of the allocation before clearing the mapper\nentries and free the array after removing entries from the list.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-99068",
  "modified": "2026-10-28T02:31:08.753901987Z",
  "published": "2026-10-23T12:23:11.461Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0919d8dd19f92e12829055c75fced9a454d644bf"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/593d46fc6af9a0178a46e77d6d24b20d2314165f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dc71c1ce885f5d9f128037ebc75d9c0356e060"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99068.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99068"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.2",
  "summary": "ALSA: ctxfi: Fix memory leakage when clearing DAO input mappers"
}