CVE-2026-23191

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in ALSA aloop PCM Trigger

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger The PCM trigger callback of aloop driver tries to check the PCM state and stop the stream of the tied substream in the corresponding cable. Since both check and stop operations are performed outside the cable lock, this may result in UAF when a program attempts to trigger frequently while opening/closing the tied stream, as spotted by fuzzers. For addressing the UAF, this patch changes two things: - It covers the most of code in loopback_check_format() with cable->lock spinlock, and add the proper NULL checks. This avoids already some racy accesses. - In addition, now we try to check the state of the capture PCM stream that may be stopped in this function, which was the major pain point leading to UAF.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 2.6.37 - 6.12.70linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.10linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.37
Linux/Linux 2.6.37
Linux/Linux 6.12.70 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.10 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19
Linux/Linux b1c73fc8e697eb73e23603e465e9af2711ed4183 - 5727ccf9d19ca414cb76d9b647883822e2789c2e
Linux/Linux b1c73fc8e697eb73e23603e465e9af2711ed4183 - 826af7fa62e347464b1b4e0ba2fe19a92438084f
Linux/Linux b1c73fc8e697eb73e23603e465e9af2711ed4183 - bad15420050db1803767e58756114800cce91ea4
... and 2 more
Published Feb 14, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026