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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
|---|---|
| Attack Complexity | LOW |
| Privileges Required | LOW |
| User Interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality Impact | HIGH |
| Integrity Impact | HIGH |
| Availability Impact | HIGH |
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Type: Secondary
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Impact Score: 5.9
| Source | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| [email protected] | Primary |
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CWE-416
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a4f540> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a4c800> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd37033d740> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd384121000> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a4ddc0> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a4e380> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b3c3480> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd340a52f40> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3412568c0> | Operating System |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.1 | <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd369a4d640> | Operating System |
| Vulnerable | CPE |
|---|---|
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Yes | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |