CVE-2024-44954
ALSA: line6: Fix racy access to midibuf
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: line6: Fix racy access to midibuf There can be concurrent accesses to line6 midibuf from both the URB completion callback and the rawmidi API access. This could be a cause of KMSAN warning triggered by syzkaller below (so put as reported-by here). This patch protects the midibuf call of the former code path with a spinlock for avoiding the possible races.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b7a03205b31bc5623378c190d22b7ff60026f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40f3d5cb0e0cbf7fa697913a27d5d361373bdcf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51d87f11dd199bbc6a85982b088ff27bde53b48a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/535df7f896a568a8a1564114eaea49d002cb1747
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643293b68fbb6c03f5e907736498da17d43f0d81
References (10)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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