CVE-2026-89736
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: u_audio: Fix use-after-free on sound card disconnect g_audio_cleanup() invokes snd_card_free_when_closed() to initiate sound card teardown and immediately frees the underlying struct snd_uac_chip context. However, snd_card_free_when_closed() returns asynchronously while ALSA control elements (kctls) remain open in userspace. When userspace control applications access or close these open file descriptors, kctl callbacks attempt to dereference kctl->private_data pointing to &uac->c_prm or &uac->p_prm within the freed uac structure, resulting in a use-after-free (UAF) memory corruption. Fix this issue by deferring the destruction of struct snd_uac_chip until all references to the ALSA sound card are released. Register a custom card->private_free callback (u_audio_card_free) during g_audio_setup() that frees uac and its associated playback/capture request and ring buffers only when the sound card reference count drops to zero.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:20:04.077000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:18:16.323000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusb: gadget: u_audio: Fix use-after-free on sound card disconnect\n\ng_audio_cleanup() invokes snd_card_free_when_closed() to initiate sound\ncard teardown and immediately frees the underlying struct snd_uac_chip\ncontext. However, snd_card_free_when_closed() returns asynchronously\nwhile ALSA control elements (kctls) remain open in userspace.\n\nWhen userspace control applications access or close these open file\ndescriptors, kctl callbacks attempt to dereference kctl->private_data\npointing to &uac->c_prm or &uac->p_prm within the freed uac structure,\nresulting in a use-after-free (UAF) memory corruption.\n\nFix this issue by deferring the destruction of struct snd_uac_chip until\nall references to the ALSA sound card are released. Register a custom\ncard->private_free callback (u_audio_card_free) during g_audio_setup()\nthat frees uac and its associated playback/capture request and ring\nbuffers only when the sound card reference count drops to zero."
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