From: "Cássio Gabriel" <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
To: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot+8e498074a794999eb41c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
"Cássio Gabriel" <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix setup list UAF on proc write error
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 22:09:40 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522-alsa-pcm-oss-setup-uaf-v1-1-40bdcc4d17e8@gmail.com> (raw)
snd_pcm_oss_proc_write() links a newly allocated setup entry into the
OSS setup list before duplicating the task name. If the task-name
allocation fails, the error path frees the already linked entry and
leaves setup_list pointing at freed memory.
A later OSS device open can then walk the stale list entry in
snd_pcm_oss_look_for_setup() and dereference freed memory.
Allocate the task name and initialize the setup entry before publishing
the entry on setup_list. Also fetch the initial proc read iterator only
after taking setup_mutex, so all setup_list traversal follows the same
list lifetime rules.
Reported-by: syzbot+8e498074a794999eb41c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a1062b7.170a0220.35b2b7.0003.GAE@google.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=8e498074a794999eb41c
Fixes: 060d77b9c04a ("[ALSA] Fix / clean up PCM-OSS setup hooks")
Signed-off-by: Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
---
sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
index 33fd34f0d615..746eaf93e1a5 100644
--- a/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
+++ b/sound/core/oss/pcm_oss.c
@@ -2974,8 +2974,10 @@ static void snd_pcm_oss_proc_read(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
struct snd_info_buffer *buffer)
{
struct snd_pcm_str *pstr = entry->private_data;
- struct snd_pcm_oss_setup *setup = pstr->oss.setup_list;
+ struct snd_pcm_oss_setup *setup;
+
guard(mutex)(&pstr->oss.setup_mutex);
+ setup = pstr->oss.setup_list;
while (setup) {
snd_iprintf(buffer, "%s %u %u%s%s%s%s%s%s\n",
setup->task_name,
@@ -3060,6 +3062,13 @@ static void snd_pcm_oss_proc_write(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
buffer->error = -ENOMEM;
return;
}
+ template.task_name = kstrdup(task_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!template.task_name) {
+ kfree(setup);
+ buffer->error = -ENOMEM;
+ return;
+ }
+ *setup = template;
if (pstr->oss.setup_list == NULL)
pstr->oss.setup_list = setup;
else {
@@ -3067,12 +3076,7 @@ static void snd_pcm_oss_proc_write(struct snd_info_entry *entry,
setup1->next; setup1 = setup1->next);
setup1->next = setup;
}
- template.task_name = kstrdup(task_name, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (! template.task_name) {
- kfree(setup);
- buffer->error = -ENOMEM;
- return;
- }
+ continue;
}
*setup = template;
}
---
base-commit: ef807cc07dec16edc7863d437e9250e20cb73741
change-id: 20260522-alsa-pcm-oss-setup-uaf-04ad4312f714
Best regards,
--
Cássio Gabriel <cassiogabrielcontato@gmail.com>
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