Bug 2568634 (CVE-2026-99271) - CVE-2026-99271 kernel: kernel: Denial of service via use-after-free in ALSA Line 6 audio driver
Summary: CVE-2026-99271 kernel: kernel: Denial of service via use-after-free in ALSA L...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99271
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-11-07 14:22 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-07 20:39 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-07 14:22:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: line6: Clear prev_fbuf on capture buffer release

A KASAN slab-use-after-free read was reported in submit_audio_out_urb()
when generating an impulse test signal:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in create_impulse_test_signal sound/usb/line6/playback.c:76 [inline]
  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in submit_audio_out_urb+0x1848/0x1b20 sound/usb/line6/playback.c:249
  Read of size 2 at addr ffff888008d74870 by task syz.2.3214/7785

  Allocated by task 11:
   kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2f0/0x390 mm/slub.c:4144
   line6_buffer_acquire+0x1a1/0x220 sound/usb/line6/pcm.c:158
   line6_pcm_acquire+0xb6/0x230 sound/usb/line6/pcm.c:329
   line6_startup_work+0x3c/0x50 sound/usb/line6/driver.c:728

  Freed by task 7785:
   kfree+0xf8/0x390 mm/slub.c:6566
   line6_buffer_release sound/usb/line6/pcm.c:176 [inline]
   line6_buffer_release+0xa5/0xf0 sound/usb/line6/pcm.c:170
   __line6_pcm_release sound/usb/line6/pcm.c:305 [inline]
   line6_pcm_release+0x5a/0x80 sound/usb/line6/pcm.c:313
   snd_toneport_monitor_put+0x11b/0x190 sound/usb/line6/toneport.c:183

line6pcm->prev_fbuf points into the capture PCM stream buffer
(line6pcm->in.buffer), which is updated during audio_in_callback() to
feed rate synchronization, software monitoring, and impulse test signal
generation on playback side.

When all capture streams are closed, line6_buffer_release() frees
pstr->buffer with kfree().  However, it does not clear line6pcm->prev_fbuf.
If playback is subsequently started (e.g. via impulse test signal
volume control snd_line6_impulse_volume_put()), submit_audio_out_urb()
dereferences the stale pointer line6pcm->prev_fbuf under in.lock,
resulting in a slab-use-after-free read.

Clear prev_fbuf and prev_fsize in line6_buffer_release() when releasing
the capture stream buffer under in.lock, ensuring that no stale buffer
pointer can be accessed by submit_audio_out_urb().


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