CVE-2026-53242 PUBLISHED

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

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

ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams

snd_pcm_drain() uses init_waitqueue_entry which does not clear entry.prev/next, and add_wait_queue with a conditional remove_wait_queue that is skipped when to_check is no longer in the group after concurrent UNLINK. The orphaned wait entry remains on the unlinked substream sleep queue. On the next drain iteration, add_wait_queue adds the entry to a new queue while still linked on the old one, corrupting both lists. A subsequent wake_up dereferences NULL at the func pointer (mapped from the spinlock at offset 0 of the misinterpreted wait_queue_head_t), causing a kernel panic.

Replace init_waitqueue_entry/add_wait_queue/conditional remove_wait_queue with init_wait_entry/prepare_to_wait/ finish_wait. init_wait_entry clears prev/next via INIT_LIST_HEAD on each iteration and sets autoremove_wake_function which auto-removes the entry on wake-up. finish_wait safely handles both the already-removed and still-queued cases.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 9baee36e8c5443411c4629afabafaff8a46a23fd to cac5bf3500ee6422cf64e0df0b5daeecfed42917 (excl.)
  • affected from fc71f888994569f87d5bee20b1ac6c9c1e3a7a79 to d842f26a167e77a36f3ed333b9fa99d36ef99fe6 (excl.)
  • affected from 629cf09464cf98670996ea5c191dc9743e6f3f00 to d68b621bb5a48051932f1017a6e1bc9b18f854d0 (excl.)
  • affected from ae8f8d30d334bad5b1b3cdb1eb8a0b771f55e432 to b053fcd8912f06c30f932f5b8ec41c72de474695 (excl.)
  • affected from 4a758e9a1f5ed722f83c4dd35f867fe811553bcb to cd98837db15f323463b8df07282ac723bd5c3fed (excl.)
  • affected from 9b1dbd69ba6f8f8c69bc7b77c2ce3b9c6ed05ba6 to 7c71a9522555ff137a9ca36b15d759ca04d84788 (excl.)
  • affected from 9b1dbd69ba6f8f8c69bc7b77c2ce3b9c6ed05ba6 to 88fe2e3658726cb21ff2dcf9770bf672f9b9d31b (excl.)
  • Version c2f64e05a0587a83ec42dbd6b7a7ded79b2ff694 is affected
  • affected from 5.10.253 to 5.10.259 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.1.167 to 6.1.176 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.6.130 to 6.6.143 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.12.78 to 6.12.94 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.18.19 to 6.18.36 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.19.9 to 6.20 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.0 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.0 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.259 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.176 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.143 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.94 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.36 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.13 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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