legacy audio hardware

  1. CVE-2026-31602 ALSA ctxfi Fix: Small Kernel Patch, Big Lesson for X-Fi Users

    CVE-2026-31602 is a small-looking Linux kernel fix with a bigger lesson for anyone who runs older enthusiast hardware on modern systems. The issue sits in the ALSA ctxfi driver for Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi cards and stems from a mismatch between a long-ago scalability change and the way the...
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