Bug 2507186 (CVE-2026-64491)

Summary: CVE-2026-64491 kernel: ALSA: usx2y: us144mkii: fix work UAF on disconnect
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) usx2y us144mkii driver. This vulnerability, a Use-After-Free (UAF), occurs when a USB device is disconnected, leading to a race condition where the system attempts to access memory that has already been released. This could allow a local attacker to cause system instability, crash the system, or potentially execute malicious code.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-25 10:09:33 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: usx2y: us144mkii: fix work UAF on disconnect

tascam_disconnect() cancels capture_work and midi_in_work before
usb_kill_anchored_urbs() kills the capture/MIDI-in URBs.  Those URBs
self-resubmit, and their completion handlers reschedule the work.

A URB that completes in the small window between cancel_work_sync() and
usb_kill_anchored_urbs() therefore re-arms the work after its only
cancel.  Nothing cancels it again before snd_card_free() frees the
card-private tascam structure, so the work handler then runs on freed
memory.

Kill the anchored URBs before cancelling the work; once the work is
cancelled no remaining URB can complete to re-arm it.
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2026-07-29 12:14:23 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072550-CVE-2026-64491-5d80@gregkh/T