From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> soc_cleanup_card_resources() call snd_card_free() at the last of its procedure. This turned out to lead to a use-after-free. PCM runtimes have been already removed via soc_remove_pcm_runtimes(), while it's dereferenced later in soc_pcm_free() called via snd_card_free(). The fix is simple: just move the snd_card_free() call to the beginning of the whole procedure. This also gives another benefit: it guarantees that all operations have been shut down before actually releasing the resources, which was racy until now. Reported-and-tested-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/soc-core.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c index 2722bb0c5573..98d60f471c5d 100644 --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c @@ -2286,6 +2286,9 @@ static int soc_cleanup_card_resources(struct snd_soc_card *card) list_for_each_entry(rtd, &card->rtd_list, list) flush_delayed_work(&rtd->delayed_work); + /* free the ALSA card at first; this syncs with pending operations */ + snd_card_free(card->snd_card); + /* remove and free each DAI */ soc_remove_dai_links(card); soc_remove_pcm_runtimes(card); @@ -2300,9 +2303,7 @@ static int soc_cleanup_card_resources(struct snd_soc_card *card) if (card->remove) card->remove(card); - snd_card_free(card->snd_card); return 0; - } /* removes a socdev */ -- 2.1.4