# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-97931"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:22:47.382Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:10:58.123Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-97931"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-97931.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97931"
title: "ALSA: us122l: Prevent write upgrades for read mappings"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: us122l: Prevent write upgrades for read mappings\n\nThe hwdep mmap callback rejects read-buffer mappings that are initially\nwritable, but leaves VM_MAYWRITE set on mappings created with PROT_READ.\nA process that can open the hwdep node O_RDWR can later use mprotect() to\nmake the mapping writable.\n\nThe read allocation begins with struct usb_stream. Its read_size member is\nused by the fault handler to decide which pages belong to the read buffer.\nThe read VMA intentionally remains expandable because pcm_usb_stream uses\nmremap() after reading that size. Changing read_size first can therefore\nmap and access pages beyond the allocation. The same member is also\nconsumed by usb_stream_free(), where changing it can make\nfree_pages_exact() release pages outside the allocation.\n\nClear VM_MAYWRITE for read-buffer mappings after rejecting an initially\nwritable VMA. This keeps the separate output-buffer mapping writable while\npreventing later permission upgrades."
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