CVE-2026-53242

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams

snd_pcm_drain() uses init_waitqueue_entry which does not clear entry.prev/next, and add_wait_queue with a conditional remove_wait_queue that is skipped when to_check is no longer in the group after concurrent UNLINK. The orphaned wait entry remains on the unlinked substream sleep queue. On the next drain iteration, add_wait_queue adds the entry to a new queue while still linked on the old one, corrupting both lists. A subsequent wake_up dereferences NULL at the func pointer (mapped from the spinlock at offset 0 of the misinterpreted wait_queue_head_t), causing a kernel panic.

Replace init_waitqueue_entry/add_wait_queue/conditional remove_wait_queue with init_wait_entry/prepare_to_wait/ finish_wait. init_wait_entry clears prev/next via INIT_LIST_HEAD on each iteration and sets autoremove_wake_function which auto-removes the entry on wake-up. finish_wait safely handles both the already-removed and still-queued cases.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EPSS
3.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

June 30, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Jun 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d842f26a167e77a36f3ed333b9fa99d36ef99fe6
generic

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d68b621bb5a48051932f1017a6e1bc9b18f854d0
generic

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd98837db15f323463b8df07282ac723bd5c3fed
generic

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac5bf3500ee6422cf64e0df0b5daeecfed42917
generic

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b053fcd8912f06c30f932f5b8ec41c72de474695
generic

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88fe2e3658726cb21ff2dcf9770bf672f9b9d31b
generic

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c71a9522555ff137a9ca36b15d759ca04d84788

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53242(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 47× in last 7d / 69× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 22:44 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 22:44 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-06 22:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-06 10:00 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-06 10:00 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-06 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-05 21:13 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 21:13 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-05 21:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-05 08:29 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-05 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-05 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 19:45 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-04 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-04 07:01 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-04 07:01 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-04 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-03 17:58 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-03 17:58 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-03 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-03 05:13 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-03 05:13 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-03 05:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-02 16:26 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-02 16:26 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-02 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-02 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-02 03:39 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-02 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-01 14:55 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-01 14:55 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-01 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-01 02:11 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-01 02:11 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-01 02:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-30 13:26 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-30 13:26 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-06-30 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-30 00:39 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-30 00:39 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-06-30 00:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-29 11:53 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-06-29 11:53 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-06-29 11:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-28 23:09 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-28 23:09 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-06-28 23:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-28 10:25 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  36. 2026-06-28 10:25 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-06-28 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-06-28 07:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  39. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-25 10:05 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-06-25 10:05 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53242?
CVE-2026-53242 is a high vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in sndpcmdrain() on linked streams sndpcmdrain() uses initwaitqueueentry which does not clear entry.prev/next, and addwaitqueue with a conditional removewaitqueue that is skipped when…
When was CVE-2026-53242 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53242 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on June 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53242 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53242 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53242?
CVE-2026-53242 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53242?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53242, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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