diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/CVE-2026-25068.patch b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/CVE-2026-25068.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7aa23ea7c1981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/CVE-2026-25068.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 5f7fe33002d2d98d84f72e381ec2cccc0d5d3d40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
+Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:51:09 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] topology: decoder - add boundary check for channel mixer
+ count
+
+Malicious binary topology file may cause heap corruption.
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-25068
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
+---
+ src/topology/ctl.c | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/topology/ctl.c b/src/topology/ctl.c
+index a0c24518..322c461c 100644
+--- a/src/topology/ctl.c
++++ b/src/topology/ctl.c
+@@ -1250,6 +1250,11 @@ int tplg_decode_control_mixer1(snd_tplg_t *tplg,
+ 	if (mc->num_channels > 0) {
+ 		map = tplg_calloc(heap, sizeof(*map));
+ 		map->num_channels = mc->num_channels;
++		if (map->num_channels > SND_TPLG_MAX_CHAN ||
++		    map->num_channels > SND_SOC_TPLG_MAX_CHAN) {
++			SNDERR("mixer: unexpected channel count %d", map->num_channels);
++			return -EINVAL;
++		}
+ 		for (i = 0; i < map->num_channels; i++) {
+ 			map->channel[i].reg = mc->channel[i].reg;
+ 			map->channel[i].shift = mc->channel[i].shift;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
index b2c7252329e81..1ced2ec453612 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/al/alsa-lib/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
   alsa-topology-conf,
   alsa-ucm-conf,
   testers,
@@ -24,11 +23,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # "libs" field to declare locations for both native and 32bit plugins, in
     # order to support apps with 32bit sound running on x86_64 architecture.
     ./alsa-plugin-conf-multilib.patch
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "CVE-2026-25068.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/commit/5f7fe33002d2d98d84f72e381ec2cccc0d5d3d40.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-4memtcg+FDOctX6wgiCdmnlG+IUS+5rL1f3LcsWS5lw=";
-    })
+
+    # Patch for CVE-2026-25058. Relies on a function `snd_error` which does not
+    # exist in alsa-lib 1.2.14, so we vendor the change to use the old `SNDERR`
+    # macro instead.
+    #
+    # Upstream fix:
+    # https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/commit/5f7fe33002d2d98d84f72e381ec2cccc0d5d3d40
+    # Introduction of `snd_error`:
+    # https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-lib/commit/62c8e635dcce3d750985505ad20f8711d6dabf0d
+    ./CVE-2026-25068.patch
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;