* [PATCH v2] ALSA: line6: Reject capture buffers smaller than two packets
@ 2026-11-03 13:22 Sinan Turunc
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From: Sinan Turunc @ 2026-11-03 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jaroslav Kysela, Takashi Iwai; +Cc: linux-sound, linux-kernel, stable
line6_capture_copy() splits the copy into the ALSA ring buffer once at
the buffer end and wraps pos_done once, which is only correct when one
packet holds at most buffer_size frames. The packet size comes from the
device's endpoint, and the per-device hw structs allow 64-byte periods
with periods_min 1, so a packet can be larger than the whole buffer.
audio_in_callback() logs an oversized packet and then copies it anyway.
The packet size is known at probe time, so constrain
SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_BUFFER_BYTES in snd_line6_capture_open() to at least
twice the larger of the two endpoints' packet sizes. Two rather than
one, because pos_done advances by the packet and wraps once, so a buffer
of exactly one packet leaves the position unchanged after every packet.
hw_params then rejects a buffer that cannot hold two packets, and the
single wrap is valid for every configuration that gets through. Keep a
guard in line6_capture_copy() that drops an oversized packet with a
ratelimited error, for the case that should no longer be reachable.
Reproduced on 7.3-rc7 with a USB/IP device presenting the GuitarPort
interface layout and 1024-byte packets into a 128-byte buffer: ALSA
logged "invalid position: pos = 224, buffer size = 32" and the driver
logged "driver bug: len" on every following packet. With this patch a
1024-byte buffer is refused at hw_params, and a 2048-byte buffer streams
for 30 s with no report and with the position moving inside the buffer.
Fixes: 705ececd1c60 ("Staging: add line6 usb driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sinan Turunc <enscrpt@pm.me>
---
v2: constrain the buffer at open instead of clamping in the copy. v1
clamped the frame count to buffer_size, which left the ring position
unchanged on every oversized packet and stalled the stream, as the
Sashiko review of the line6 patch pointed out. A buffer of exactly one
packet has the same effect, so the bound is two packets. The clamp is
replaced by a drop guard for the case the constraint makes unreachable.
sound/usb/line6/capture.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sound/usb/line6/capture.c b/sound/usb/line6/capture.c
index 6dbaf30232f..7aaf7826c48 100644
--- a/sound/usb/line6/capture.c
+++ b/sound/usb/line6/capture.c
@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ void line6_capture_copy(struct snd_line6_pcm *line6pcm, char *fbuf, int fsize)
if (runtime == NULL)
return;
+ /*
+ * snd_line6_capture_open() constrains the buffer to hold at least
+ * two packets, so this cannot happen for a conforming device. Drop
+ * the packet rather than overrun the single wrap below.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(frames > runtime->buffer_size)) {
+ dev_err_ratelimited(line6pcm->line6->ifcdev,
+ "packet of %d frames exceeds %lu-frame buffer, dropping\n",
+ frames, runtime->buffer_size);
+ return;
+ }
+
if (line6pcm->in.pos_done + frames > runtime->buffer_size) {
/*
The transferred area goes over buffer boundary,
@@ -224,6 +236,23 @@ static int snd_line6_capture_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
if (err < 0)
return err;
+ /*
+ * line6_capture_copy() wraps the ring buffer once per packet and
+ * advances pos_done by the packet, which only works when the buffer
+ * holds more than one packet: with exactly one, pos_done gains a
+ * buffer and loses it again on every packet. The packet size comes
+ * from the device, so bound the buffer by two packets here. The
+ * impulse-response path copies a playback URB into this ring, so
+ * take the larger of the two endpoints.
+ */
+ err = snd_pcm_hw_constraint_minmax(runtime,
+ SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_BUFFER_BYTES,
+ 2 * max(line6pcm->max_packet_size_in,
+ line6pcm->max_packet_size_out),
+ UINT_MAX);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
+
line6_pcm_acquire(line6pcm, LINE6_STREAM_CAPTURE_HELPER, false);
runtime->hw = line6pcm->properties->capture_hw;
--
2.56.0
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