CVE-2026-43459 (GCVE-0-2026-43459)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-08 14:22
Modified
2026-05-11 22:24
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: soc-core: flush delayed work before removing DAIs and widgets When a sound card is unbound while a PCM stream is open, a use-after-free can occur in snd_soc_dapm_stream_event(), called from the close_delayed_work workqueue handler. During unbind, snd_soc_unbind_card() flushes delayed work and then calls soc_cleanup_card_resources(). Inside cleanup, snd_card_disconnect_sync() releases all PCM file descriptors, and the resulting PCM close path can call snd_soc_dapm_stream_stop() which schedules new delayed work with a pmdown_time timer delay. Since this happens after the flush in snd_soc_unbind_card(), the new work is not caught. soc_remove_link_components() then frees DAPM widgets before this work fires, leading to the use-after-free. The existing flush in soc_free_pcm_runtime() also cannot help as it runs after soc_remove_link_components() has already freed the widgets. Add a flush in soc_cleanup_card_resources() after snd_card_disconnect_sync() (after which no new PCM closes can schedule further delayed work) and before soc_remove_link_dais() and soc_remove_link_components() (which tear down the structures the delayed work accesses).
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Linux Linux Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
Version: e894efef9ac7c10b7727798dcc711cccf07569f9
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