linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [alsa?] memory leak in snd_seq_create

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:29:22 -0300
From:   Geraldo Nascimento <geraldogabriel@...il.com>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     syzbot <syzbot+cf8e7fa4eeec59b3d485@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        perex@...ex.cz, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com, tiwai@...e.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [alsa?] memory leak in snd_seq_create_port

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 08:27:48AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> It's a bug that happened only on 6.5-rc1, so no need to bother too
> much with security issue fiasco for distros.

Thanks Takashi. I tried to create a DoS to exhaust all memory through
this bug but ran on other unrelated issues with 6.5-rc1. Glad syzbot
caught this. Thanks!

Geraldo Nascimento

> 
> 
> Takashi