From 826af7fa62e347464b1b4e0ba2fe19a92438084f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takashi Iwai Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 15:09:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger The PCM trigger callback of aloop driver tries to check the PCM state and stop the stream of the tied substream in the corresponding cable. Since both check and stop operations are performed outside the cable lock, this may result in UAF when a program attempts to trigger frequently while opening/closing the tied stream, as spotted by fuzzers. For addressing the UAF, this patch changes two things: - It covers the most of code in loopback_check_format() with cable->lock spinlock, and add the proper NULL checks. This avoids already some racy accesses. - In addition, now we try to check the state of the capture PCM stream that may be stopped in this function, which was the major pain point leading to UAF. Reported-by: syzbot+5f8f3acdee1ec7a7ef7b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/69783ba1.050a0220.c9109.0011.GAE@google.com Cc: Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203141003.116584-1-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai --- sound/drivers/aloop.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/drivers/aloop.c b/sound/drivers/aloop.c index 64ef03b2d579..aa0d2fcb1a18 100644 --- a/sound/drivers/aloop.c +++ b/sound/drivers/aloop.c @@ -336,37 +336,43 @@ static bool is_access_interleaved(snd_pcm_access_t access) static int loopback_check_format(struct loopback_cable *cable, int stream) { + struct loopback_pcm *dpcm_play, *dpcm_capt; struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime, *cruntime; struct loopback_setup *setup; struct snd_card *card; + bool stop_capture = false; int check; - if (cable->valid != CABLE_VALID_BOTH) { - if (stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK) - goto __notify; - return 0; - } - runtime = cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK]-> - substream->runtime; - cruntime = cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE]-> - substream->runtime; - check = runtime->format != cruntime->format || - runtime->rate != cruntime->rate || - runtime->channels != cruntime->channels || - is_access_interleaved(runtime->access) != - is_access_interleaved(cruntime->access); - if (!check) - return 0; - if (stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE) { - return -EIO; - } else { - snd_pcm_stop(cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE]-> - substream, SNDRV_PCM_STATE_DRAINING); - __notify: - runtime = cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK]-> - substream->runtime; - setup = get_setup(cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK]); - card = cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK]->loopback->card; + scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &cable->lock) { + dpcm_play = cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK]; + dpcm_capt = cable->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE]; + + if (cable->valid != CABLE_VALID_BOTH) { + if (stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE || !dpcm_play) + return 0; + } else { + if (!dpcm_play || !dpcm_capt) + return -EIO; + runtime = dpcm_play->substream->runtime; + cruntime = dpcm_capt->substream->runtime; + if (!runtime || !cruntime) + return -EIO; + check = runtime->format != cruntime->format || + runtime->rate != cruntime->rate || + runtime->channels != cruntime->channels || + is_access_interleaved(runtime->access) != + is_access_interleaved(cruntime->access); + if (!check) + return 0; + if (stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE) + return -EIO; + else if (cruntime->state == SNDRV_PCM_STATE_RUNNING) + stop_capture = true; + } + + setup = get_setup(dpcm_play); + card = dpcm_play->loopback->card; + runtime = dpcm_play->substream->runtime; if (setup->format != runtime->format) { snd_ctl_notify(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_VALUE, &setup->format_id); @@ -389,6 +395,10 @@ static int loopback_check_format(struct loopback_cable *cable, int stream) setup->access = runtime->access; } } + + if (stop_capture) + snd_pcm_stop(dpcm_capt->substream, SNDRV_PCM_STATE_DRAINING); + return 0; } -- 2.47.3