CVE-2022-49291

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Fix races among concurrent hw_params and hw_free calls Currently we have neither proper check nor protection against the concurrent calls of PCM hw_params and hw_free ioctls, which may result in a UAF. Since the existing PCM stream lock can't be used for protecting the whole ioctl operations, we need a new mutex to protect those racy calls. This patch introduced a new mutex, runtime->buffer_mutex, and applies it to both hw_params and hw_free ioctl code paths. Along with it, the both functions are slightly modified (the mmap_count check is moved into the state-check block) for code simplicity.

Score
CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
Status
Analyzed - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-02-26
Last modified
2026-08-05
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Affected products

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