CVE-2024-56533

ALSA: usx2y: Use snd_card_free_when_closed() at disconnection

Medium · published December 27, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: usx2y: Use snd_card_free_when_closed() at disconnection

The USB disconnect callback is supposed to be short and not too-long

waiting. OTOH, the current code uses snd_card_free() at

disconnection, but this waits for the close of all used fds, hence it

can take long. It eventually blocks the upper layer USB ioctls, which

may trigger a soft lockup.

An easy workaround is to replace snd_card_free() with

snd_card_free_when_closed(). This variant returns immediately while

the release of resources is done asynchronously by the card device

release at the last close.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00211 · 10.8th percentile
Published
2024-12-27T14:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 DEC 14:11Z
    ALSA: usx2y: Use snd_card_free_when_closed() at disconnection
    cvelistv5