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HIGHCVE-2026-43437Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-43437: ALSA: pcm: fix use-after-free on linked stream runtime in snd_pcm_drain()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: fix use-after-free on linked stream runtime in snd_pcm_drain() In the drain loop, the local variable 'runtime' is reassigned to a linked stream's runtime (runtime = s->runtime at line 2157). After releasing the stream lock at line 2169, the code accesses runtime->no_period_wakeup, runtime->rate, and runtime->buffer_size (lines 2170-2178) — all referencing the linked stream's runtime without any lock or refcount protecting its lifetime. A concurrent close() on the linked stream's fd triggers snd_pcm_release_substream() → snd_pcm_drop() → pcm_release_private() → snd_pcm_unlink() → snd_pcm_detach_substream() → kfree(runtime). No synchronization prevents kfree(runtime) from completing while the drain path dereferences the stale pointer. Fix by caching the needed runtime fields (no_period_wakeup, rate, buffer_size) into local variables while still holding the stream lock, and using the cached values after the lock is released.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

04a758e9a1f5ed722f83c4dd35f867fe811553bcb5.10.2536.1.1676.6.1306.12.786.18.196.19.9629cf09464cf98670996ea5c191dc9743e6f3f007.09b1dbd69ba6f8f8c69bc7b77c2ce3b9c6ed05ba69baee36e8c5443411c4629afabafaff8a46a23fdae8f8d30d334bad5b1b3cdb1eb8a0b771f55e432c2f64e05a0587a83ec42dbd6b7a7ded79b2ff694fc71f888994569f87d5bee20b1ac6c9c1e3a7a79
Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < 9baee36e8c5443411c4629afabafaff8a46a23fd (from f2b3614cefb61ee6046a0aaee503ee37f227d310) · < fc71f888994569f87d5bee20b1ac6c9c1e3a7a79 (from f2b3614cefb61ee6046a0aaee503ee37f227d310) · < 629cf09464cf98670996ea5c191dc9743e6f3f00 (from f2b3614cefb61ee6046a0aaee503ee37f227d310) · < ae8f8d30d334bad5b1b3cdb1eb8a0b771f55e432 (from f2b3614cefb61ee6046a0aaee503ee37f227d310) · < 4a758e9a1f5ed722f83c4dd35f867fe811553bcb (from f2b3614cefb61ee6046a0aaee503ee37f227d310) · < c2f64e05a0587a83ec42dbd6b7a7ded79b2ff694 (from f2b3614cefb61ee6046a0aaee503ee37f227d310)
  • Linux / Linux
    3.0
    Fixed in 0, 5.10.253, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2026-43437: ALSA: pcm: fix use-after-free on linked stream runtime in snd_pcm_drain() | HarborGuard CVE