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CVE-2026-90220NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: seq: Don't leak the extension cell pointer in the bounce payload
The bounce_error_event() embeds the failed event in the bounce payload
by pointing data.ext.ptr at it. When that event is a queued
variable-length event, its own data.ext.ptr holds the address of its
first extension cell, put there by snd_seq_event_dup(). The payload
goes out verbatim through snd_seq_expand_var_event(), so the address
reaches userspace.
That is the same address commit 705dd6dcbc0e ("ALSA: seq: Clear
variable event pointer on read") removed from the event header. The
read path still clears it there, just above the call that expands the
payload.
Embed a sanitised copy instead, treated exactly as snd_seq_read()
treats the header. A stack copy is enough because delivery is
synchronous and snd_seq_event_dup() copies before returning.
An unprivileged client reaches this by setting SNDRV_SEQ_FILTER_BOUNCE,
queueing a variable-length event to a port that does not exist and
reading the bounce back. Eight bytes on 64-bit, from its own pool.
ALSA: seq: Don't leak the extension cell pointer in the bounce payload
The bounce_error_event() embeds the failed event in the bounce payload
by pointing data.ext.ptr at it. When that event is a queued
variable-length event, its own data.ext.ptr holds the address of its
first extension cell, put there by snd_seq_event_dup(). The payload
goes out verbatim through snd_seq_expand_var_event(), so the address
reaches userspace.
That is the same address commit 705dd6dcbc0e ("ALSA: seq: Clear
variable event pointer on read") removed from the event header. The
read path still clears it there, just above the call that expands the
payload.
Embed a sanitised copy instead, treated exactly as snd_seq_read()
treats the header. A stack copy is enough because delivery is
synchronous and snd_seq_event_dup() copies before returning.
An unprivileged client reaches this by setting SNDRV_SEQ_FILTER_BOUNCE,
queueing a variable-length event to a port that does not exist and
reading the bounce back. Eight bytes on 64-bit, from its own pool.
Affected & Patched Versions
- Linux Linux >= 93d260ce43a81df579c98bee92b91316df9c1c57 and < 42c3f856d13a91a0d4c302a0c6854813621136db
- Linux Linux >= dae23c545eb5a2be3b27a82fd0f611894fb8ab69 and < b1e8d40663997aacaa198f37ce6893e07aaba77a
- Linux Linux >= efc86691e4d8083d9e380ea95042c2cf679f65fd and < 6e6e471eef1d5d8cb056c7d364023fe048249204
- Linux Linux >= efc86691e4d8083d9e380ea95042c2cf679f65fd and < 59e1592d3c270ff4642d5d6dc55c545306eb0693
- Linux Linux >= 0527a56cb327021cb73167cfddf0e49efa043500
- Linux Linux >= 6.12.97 and < 6.12.110
- Linux Linux >= 6.18.40 and < 6.18.52
- Linux Linux >= 7.1.5 and < 7.2
- Linux Linux >= 7.2
- Linux Linux 42c3f856d13a91a0d4c302a0c6854813621136db
- Linux Linux b1e8d40663997aacaa198f37ce6893e07aaba77a
- Linux Linux 6e6e471eef1d5d8cb056c7d364023fe048249204
- Linux Linux 59e1592d3c270ff4642d5d6dc55c545306eb0693
- Linux Linux 6.12.110
- Linux Linux 6.18.52
- Linux Linux 7.2