In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: pcm: Fix potential AB/BA lock with buffer_mutex and mmap_lock
syzbot caught a potential deadlock between the PCM
runtime->buffer_mutex and the mm->mmap_lock. It was brought by the
recent fix to cover the racy read/write and other ioctls, and in that
commit, I overlooked a (hopefully only) corner case that may take the
revert lock, namely, the OSS mmap. The OSS mmap operation
exceptionally allows to re-configure the parameters inside the OSS
mmap syscall, where mm->mmap_mutex is already held. Meanwhile, the
copy_from/to_user calls at read/write operations also take the
mm->mmap_lock internally, hence it may lead to a AB/BA deadlock.
A similar problem was already seen in the past and we fixed it with a
refcount (in commit b248371628aa). The former fix covered only the
call paths with OSS read/write and OSS ioctls, while we need to cover
the concurrent access via both ALSA and OSS APIs now.
This patch addresses the problem above by replacing the buffer_mutex
lock in the read/write operations with a refcount similar as we've
used for OSS. The new field, runtime->buffer_accessing, keeps the
number of concurrent read/write operations. Unlike the former
buffer_mutex protection, this protects only around the
copy_from/to_user() calls; the other codes are basically protected by
the PCM stream lock. The refcount can be a negative, meaning blocked
by the ioctls. If a negative value is seen, the read/write aborts
with -EBUSY. In the ioctl side, OTOH, they check this refcount, too,
and set to a negative value for blocking unless it's already being
accessed.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
22 Sep 2025, 20:32
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40f4cffbe13a51faf136faf5f9ef6847782cd595 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7777744e92a0b30e3e0cce2758d911837011ebd9 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e9133607e1501c94881be35e118d8f84d96dcb4 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9017201e8d8c6d1472273361389ed431188584a0 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9661bf674d6a82b76e4ae424438a8ce1e3ed855d - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abedf0d08c79d76da0d6fa0d5dbbc98871dcbc2e - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc55cfd5718c7c23e5524582e9fa70b4d10f2433 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be9813ad2fc8f0885f5ce6925af0d993ce5da4e5 - Patch | |
Summary |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.10.109:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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CWE | CWE-667 |
26 Feb 2025, 07:01
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-02-26 07:01
Updated : 2025-09-22 20:32
NVD link : CVE-2022-49272
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49272
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49272
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-667
Improper Locking