CVE-2026-74502 PUBLISHED

ALSA: ump: fix double free of out_cvts on rawmidi error

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 15.08.2026 Updated: 15.08.2026

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

ALSA: ump: fix double free of out_cvts on rawmidi error

snd_ump_attach_legacy_rawmidi() allocates the legacy conversion array ump->out_cvts and, on the snd_rawmidi_new() error path, frees it with kfree() but leaves ump->out_cvts pointing at the freed memory. When the endpoint is later torn down, snd_ump_endpoint_free() frees ump->out_cvts a second time, resulting in a double free.

The host snd-usb-audio driver attaches the legacy rawmidi for any USB MIDI 2.0 (UMP) device, so a device that makes snd_rawmidi_new() fail reaches this path on enumeration.

Clear ump->out_cvts after freeing it on the error path so it is not freed again during teardown.

Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee baul.lee@xbow.com

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 33cd7630782df2230529c3e8f1a6d0ae9cd6ab49 to e84d2e53a05c78a04d1343eeb0f31a79456e79fc (excl.)
  • affected from 33cd7630782df2230529c3e8f1a6d0ae9cd6ab49 to 3302aaeac4f7ee6b775850db21d5f61064ce70ad (excl.)
  • affected from 33cd7630782df2230529c3e8f1a6d0ae9cd6ab49 to 032746c2dd9a4ea0774b04ac8a29e2ea628f106e (excl.)
  • affected from 33cd7630782df2230529c3e8f1a6d0ae9cd6ab49 to c57001f55f97ef856fb6527e376c5c4a056a53a4 (excl.)
  • affected from 33cd7630782df2230529c3e8f1a6d0ae9cd6ab49 to 70c977815af0d997feb2d0c5d284d55689bf7051 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.151 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.103 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.44 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.8 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc6 to * (incl.)

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