{"id":"CVE-2026-46090","revision":"0d0629e1f652408d96a1d8c62c76f358","records":[{"revision":"0d0629e1f652408d96a1d8c62c76f358","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-46090","aliases":[],"title":"ALSA: aloop: Fix peer runtime UAF during format-change stop","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: aloop: Fix peer runtime UAF during format-change stop\n\nloopback_check_format() may stop the capture side when playback starts\nwith parameters that no longer match a running capture stream. Commit\n826af7fa62e3 (\"ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger\") moved\nthe peer lookup under cable->lock, but the actual snd_pcm_stop() still\nruns after dropping that lock.\n\nA concurrent close can clear the capture entry from cable->streams[] and\ndetach or free its runtime while the playback trigger path still holds a\nstale peer substream pointer.\n\nKeep a per-cable count of in-flight peer stops before dropping\ncable->lock, and make free_cable() wait for those stops before\ndetaching the runtime. This preserves the existing behavior while\nmaking the peer runtime lifetime explicit.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-05-27T12:58:34.428+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T19:26:43.25+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"sound/drivers/aloop.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"597603d615d2b19a9e451d8cfac24372856a522d\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"83bd62fa9620ac98d5d694bde14c50f98c8e7189\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": 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\"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.0.4\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.0.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.1\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 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