CVE-2022-49733

MEDIUM

Linux 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: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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