CVE-2026-64001

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix setup list UAF on proc write error

snd_pcm_oss_proc_write() links a newly allocated setup entry into the OSS setup list before duplicating the task name. If the task-name allocation fails, the error path frees the already linked entry and leaves setup_list pointing at freed memory.

A later OSS device open can then walk the stale list entry in snd_pcm_oss_look_for_setup() and dereference freed memory.

Allocate the task name and initialize the setup entry before publishing the entry on setup_list. Also fetch the initial proc read iterator only after taking setup_mutex, so all setup_list traversal follows the same list lifetime rules.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8be4efd0dc0093eb7a02ad1aac936bca2a1f04ce
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e13922bb97b4e6f94f8ac02d034f2d4bd65eeb3c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be387230dc22d870afd0e5d35912b07c2bc323bd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cc54bdd54b337e77115be5b55577d1c58608eae

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