CVE-2025-23134

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.9-6.12.22, 6.13.0-6.13.10, 6.14.0-6.14.1 - Improper Locking in ALSA Timer Register Mutex

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: Don't take register_mutex with copy_from/to_user() The infamous mmap_lock taken in copy_from/to_user() can be often problematic when it's called inside another mutex, as they might lead to deadlocks. In the case of ALSA timer code, the bad pattern is with guard(mutex)(&register_mutex) that covers copy_from/to_user() -- which was mistakenly introduced at converting to guard(), and it had been carefully worked around in the past. This patch fixes those pieces simply by moving copy_from/to_user() out of the register mutex lock again.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 1.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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-667
Status published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.13.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.14.0 - 6.14.2linux
linux/Kernel 6.9.0 - 6.12.23linux
Linux/Linux < 6.9
Linux/Linux 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a - 15291b561d8cc835a2eea76b394070cf8e072771
Linux/Linux 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a - 296f7a9e15aab276db11206cbc1e2ae1215d7862
Linux/Linux 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a - 3424c8f53bc63c87712a7fc22dc13d0cc85fb0d6
Linux/Linux 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a - b074f47e55df93832bbbca1b524c501e6fea1c0d
Linux/Linux 6.12.23 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13.11 - 6.13.*
... and 4 more
Published Apr 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026