CVE-2022-49733
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 5.4.215, 5.5.0-5.10.148, 5.11.0-5.15.68, 5.16.0-5.19.9 - Race Condition in ALSA PCM OSS Sync
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix race at SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC There is a small race window at snd_pcm_oss_sync() that is called from OSS PCM SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl; namely the function calls snd_pcm_oss_make_ready() at first, then takes the params_lock mutex for the rest. When the stream is set up again by another thread between them, it leads to inconsistency, and may result in unexpected results such as NULL dereference of OSS buffer as a fuzzer spotted recently. The fix is simply to cover snd_pcm_oss_make_ready() call into the same params_lock mutex with snd_pcm_oss_make_ready_locked() variant.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0013
EPSS Percentile
3.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-362
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel
2.6.20 - 5.4.215linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.68linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.19.9linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.148linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.20
Linux/Linux
2.6.20
Linux/Linux
5.10.148 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.68 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.19.9 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux
5.4.215 - 5.4.*
... and 8 more
Published
Mar 02, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026