A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service condition
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8423f0b6d513b259fdab9c9bf4aaa6188d054c2d Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8423f0b6d513b259fdab9c9bf4aaa6188d054c2d Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.7 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 14:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8423f0b6d513b259fdab9c9bf4aaa6188d054c2d Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAFcO6XN7JDM4xSXGhtusQfS2mSBcx50VJKwQpCq=WeLt57aaZA%40mail.gmail.com/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8423f0b6d513b259fdab9c9bf4aaa6188d054c2d Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAFcO6XN7JDM4xSXGhtusQfS2mSBcx50VJKwQpCq=WeLt57aaZA%40mail.gmail.com/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html