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CVE-2022-49733

MEDIUM 4.7

ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix race at SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC

CVSS Score
4.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix race at SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC There is a small race window at snd_pcm_oss_sync() that is called from OSS PCM SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl; namely the function calls snd_pcm_oss_make_ready() at first, then takes the params_lock mutex for the rest. When the stream is set up again by another thread between them, it leads to inconsistency, and may result in unexpected results such as NULL dereference of OSS buffer as a fuzzer spotted recently. The fix is simply to cover snd_pcm_oss_make_ready() call into the same params_lock mutex with snd_pcm_oss_make_ready_locked() variant.

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Product linux
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Published Mar 2, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
e3a5d59a17e9a42e3f3e0e37342b2679bab2ff43 < 4051324a6dafd7053c74c475e80b3ba10ae672b0 e3a5d59a17e9a42e3f3e0e37342b2679bab2ff43 < fce793a056c604b41a298317cf704dae255f1b36 e3a5d59a17e9a42e3f3e0e37342b2679bab2ff43 < 8015ef9e8a0ee5cecfd0cb6805834d007ab26f86 e3a5d59a17e9a42e3f3e0e37342b2679bab2ff43 < 723ac5ab2891b6c10dd6cc78ef5456af593490eb e3a5d59a17e9a42e3f3e0e37342b2679bab2ff43 < 8423f0b6d513b259fdab9c9bf4aaa6188d054c2d
Linux / Linux
2.6.20

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4051324a6dafd7053c74c475e80b3ba10ae672b0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fce793a056c604b41a298317cf704dae255f1b36 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8015ef9e8a0ee5cecfd0cb6805834d007ab26f86 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/723ac5ab2891b6c10dd6cc78ef5456af593490eb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8423f0b6d513b259fdab9c9bf4aaa6188d054c2d