CVE-2026-80971

ALSA: bcd2000: clear the URB pointers on disconnect

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:42 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: bcd2000: clear the URB pointers on disconnect bcd2000_free_usb_related_resources() frees both URBs and leaves the pointers behind: usb_kill_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb); usb_kill_urb(bcd2k->midi_in_urb); usb_free_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb); usb_free_urb(bcd2k->midi_in_urb); The rawmidi device outlives that call. A substream that is still open when the device is unplugged reaches bcd2000_midi_send() from the trigger path on close. That function writes to the freed URB and then hands it to the USB core: bcd2k->midi_out_urb->transfer_buffer_length = BUFSIZE; ... ret = usb_submit_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb, GFP_ATOMIC); usb_kill_urb() does not stop a later submission either, so a submit that races the disconnect can requeue the URB after it has been reaped. midi_in_urb is exposed the same way: bcd2000_input_complete() resubmits it from the completion handler. KASAN on 7.2.0-rc5 (arm64): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bcd2000_midi_send [snd_bcd2000] Write of size 4 at addr ffff00001827d388 by task bpoc/168 __asan_store4 bcd2000_midi_send [snd_bcd2000] bcd2000_midi_output_trigger [snd_bcd2000] snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1 close_substream.part.0 Freed by task 168: usb_free_urb bcd2000_disconnect [snd_bcd2000] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in usb_submit_urb Read of size 8 at addr ffff00001827d3b8 by task bpoc/168 Clear both pointers after freeing and test them on the paths that can still run. Poison the URBs before freeing them: usb_poison_urb() waits for a running completion handler and rejects any later submission, so after it returns the input path is quiesced and only the rawmidi trigger path can still reach bcd2000_midi_send(). No unpoison is needed; the URBs are freed on the next line. Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <[email protected]>

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.16b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83
Vendor states this is fixed in 3c00004f134fc819f9d9e202c6a64acde0a1f8d0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 459d3a64766f5ca2f1886daeaf24582831a5f5ab (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5a77febac6faf6da40fbb4555f703eeb91b58130 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c07aad8a7c9ef8ebc4d03a964b882123a349a2e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7df3194bdb7479cad9199889655a566a2c0c1d1b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9af08677aa57debaca5b57c8045c52a83d3dd376 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b06ebc7fe25a6af4a9f6e4a3d4236a4178ad4b01 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eb482a06791d6168beb8c78cc904ac5a5ed96a55 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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