From: Clement Lecigne <clecigne@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Note: this is a fix that works around the bug equivalently as the two upstream commits: 1fa4445f9adf ("ALSA: control - introduce snd_ctl_notify_one() helper") 56b88b50565c ("ALSA: pcm: Move rwsem lock inside snd_ctl_elem_read to prevent UAF") but in a simpler way to fit with older stable trees -- tiwai ] Add missing locking in ctl_elem_read_user/ctl_elem_write_user which can be easily triggered and turned into an use-after-free. Example code paths with SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_READ: 64-bits: snd_ctl_ioctl snd_ctl_elem_read_user [takes controls_rwsem] snd_ctl_elem_read [lock properly held, all good] [drops controls_rwsem] 32-bits (compat): snd_ctl_ioctl_compat snd_ctl_elem_write_read_compat ctl_elem_write_read snd_ctl_elem_read [missing lock, not good] CVE-2023-0266 was assigned for this issue. Signed-off-by: Clement Lecigne <clecigne@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 5.12 and older Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> --- Greg, this is a patch for the last ALSA PCM UCM fix for the older stable trees. Please take this to 5.10.y and older stable trees. Thanks! sound/core/control_compat.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/sound/core/control_compat.c b/sound/core/control_compat.c index 97467f6a32a1..980ab3580f1b 100644 --- a/sound/core/control_compat.c +++ b/sound/core/control_compat.c @@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ static int ctl_elem_read_user(struct snd_card *card, err = snd_power_wait(card, SNDRV_CTL_POWER_D0); if (err < 0) goto error; + down_read(&card->controls_rwsem); err = snd_ctl_elem_read(card, data); + up_read(&card->controls_rwsem); if (err < 0) goto error; err = copy_ctl_value_to_user(userdata, valuep, data, type, count); @@ -332,7 +334,9 @@ static int ctl_elem_write_user(struct snd_ctl_file *file, err = snd_power_wait(card, SNDRV_CTL_POWER_D0); if (err < 0) goto error; + down_write(&card->controls_rwsem); err = snd_ctl_elem_write(card, file, data); + up_write(&card->controls_rwsem); if (err < 0) goto error; err = copy_ctl_value_to_user(userdata, valuep, data, type, count); -- 2.35.3