Bug 2524464 (CVE-2026-80525)

Summary: CVE-2026-80525 kernel: ASoC: SOF: ipc4-topology: Refresh copier IPC payload before widget setup
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Sound Open Firmware (SOF) IPC4 topology component. During suspend and resume operations, the system fails to refresh the Inter-Process Communication (IPC) payload for audio copier widgets. This oversight causes outdated Direct Memory Access (DMA) channel assignments to be sent to the firmware. Consequently, this can lead to DMA channel conflicts, resulting in firmware errors and system crashes, effectively causing a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-26 14:57:51 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ASoC: SOF: ipc4-topology: Refresh copier IPC payload before widget setup

The ipc_config_data buffer for copier widgets is built once during
ipc_prepare (called from sof_pcm_setup_connected_widgets) and cached
for reuse. For host copiers this buffer contains the copier_data with
gtw_cfg.node_id (host DMA ID). For DAI copiers it additionally includes
a dma_config_tlv trailer with stream_id and dma_channel_id for HDA link
DMA.

On suspend/resume, both host and link DMA streams are released and
re-allocated with potentially different stream tags. The underlying
copier_data and dma_config_tlv structures are correctly updated by
host_config and sdw_hda_dai_hw_params respectively. However, since the
widget list (spcm->stream[].list) persists across suspend,
sof_pcm_hw_params skips sof_pcm_setup_connected_widgets and ipc_prepare
never runs again to rebuild ipc_config_data. The stale cached payload
is then sent to firmware with boot-time DMA channel assignments, causing
DMA channel conflicts that lead to firmware errors and crashes.

Fix this by refreshing copier_data and dma_config_tlv portions of
ipc_config_data in sof_ipc4_widget_setup right before the IPC message
is sent. This ensures the payload always reflects the current DMA state
regardless of whether ipc_prepare ran.

For DAI copiers, the gtw_cfg.config_length in copier_data is temporarily
inflated to include the TLV size (matching the ipc_config_data layout)
before copying, then restored, mirroring what
sof_ipc4_prepare_copier_module does when first building the buffer.