In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: aloop: Fix peer...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: aloop: Fix peer runtime UAF during format-change stop
loopback_check_format() may stop the capture side when playback starts with parameters that no longer match a running capture stream. Commit 826af7fa62e3 ("ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger") moved the peer lookup under cable->lock, but the actual snd_pcm_stop() still runs after dropping that lock.
A concurrent close can clear the capture entry from cable->streams[] and detach or free its runtime while the playback trigger path still holds a stale peer substream pointer.
Keep a per-cable count of in-flight peer stops before dropping cable->lock, and make free_cable() wait for those stops before detaching the runtime. This preserves the existing behavior while making the peer runtime lifetime explicit.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46090
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03f52a9c170431e8f10e156b9dc0dae80b3e9198
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d45e34bf001344e2966dabca1897561bbc9e913
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd9503c3d222d2735b56c7a8b4422ccf3de6e5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5c33cdc6f402eab8abd36ecf436b22c9d3a8aff
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9ff-9cjh-6463