In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: timer: Fix UAF at snd_timer_user_params()
At releasing a timer object, e.g. when a userspace timer (CONFIG_SND_UTIMER) gets closed and snd_timer_free() is called, it tries to detach the timer instances and release the resources. However, it's still possible that other in-flight tasks are holding the timer instance where the to-be-deleted timer object is associated, and this may lead to racy accesses.
Fortunately, most of ioctls dealing with the timer instance list already have the protection with register_mutex, and this also avoids such races. But, SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PARAMS isn't protected, hence the concurrent ioctl may lead to use-after-free.
This patch just adds the guard with register_mutex to protect snd_timer_user_params() for covering the code path as a quick workaround. It's no hot-path but rather a rarely issued ioctl, so the performance penalty doesn't matter.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel | Jul 17, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade rtlaUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-modulesUpgrade kernel-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modulesUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-modulesUpgrade libperfUpgrade kernel-tools-libs-develUpgrade kernel-uki-virtUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-develUpgrade kernel-coreUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-kvmUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-develUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modules-coreUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade libperf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade kernel-rt-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-rt-kvmUpgrade kernel-rt-debugUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matchedUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debug-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-uki-virt-addonsUpgrade kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-rt-debug-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-uki-virtUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-s390xUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-coreUpgrade kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debug-coreUpgrade rvUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-rt-debug-modulesUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-matchedUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-rt-coreUpgrade kernel-debug-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-debug-modulesUpgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oemUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-awsUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04bUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspiUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gkeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-ibmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 6, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
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