A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s sound subsystem in the way a user triggers concurrent calls of PCM hw_params. The hw_free ioctls or similar race condition happens inside ALSA PCM for other ioctls. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 10.0 | 10.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 11.0 | 11.0.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.17 | 5.17.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 2.6.12 | 4.14.279 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.15 | 4.19.243 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.20 | 5.4.193 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.5 | 5.10.109 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.11 | 5.15.32 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.16 | 5.16.18 |