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CVE-2026-98316

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ALSA bcd2000 driver has a race between rawmidi operations and USB disconnect, potentially leading to use-after-free (UAF). The fix introduces a spinlock covering rawmidi operations and handling in the callback to ensure safety.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability may allow a local attacker to exploit UAF, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system crash.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix to prevent potential attacks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: bcd2000: Fix race between rawmidi and disconnect Although we tried to fix the potential UAF issues at USB disconnect on bcd2000 driver, there is still an overlooked case -- namely, when a rawmidi trigger callback has been already running at USB disconnect handling, the in-flight function (e.g. bcd2000_midi_send()) could still access the URB, because the previous URB NULL-check & clearance was considered only for the URB complete callbacks, but not about the parallel rawmidi operations. For addressing the race, this patch introduced a new spinlock that covers each rawmidi operation as well as the rawmidi handling in the complete callback. The URB is cleared with the lock, so it guarantees that the pending rawmidi task already finished or a NULL check is effective.

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