linux-kernel - [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: fix race condition to UAF in snd_usbmidi

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Message-Id: <20250927044106.849247-1-aha310510@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:41:06 +0900
From: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@...il.com>
To: clemens@...isch.de,
	perex@...ex.cz,
	tiwai@...e.com
Cc: linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeongjun Park <aha310510@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: fix race condition to UAF in snd_usbmidi_free

The previous commit 0718a78f6a9f ("ALSA: usb-audio: Kill timer properly at
removal") patched a UAF issue caused by the error timer.

However, because the error timer kill added in this patch occurs after the
endpoint delete, a race condition to UAF still occurs, albeit rarely.

Therefore, to prevent this, the error timer must be killed before freeing
the heap memory.

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Fixes: 0718a78f6a9f ("ALSA: usb-audio: Kill timer properly at removal")
Signed-off-by: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@...il.com>
---
 sound/usb/midi.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/midi.c b/sound/usb/midi.c
index acb3bf92857c..8d15f1caa92b 100644
--- a/sound/usb/midi.c
+++ b/sound/usb/midi.c
@@ -1522,6 +1522,8 @@ static void snd_usbmidi_free(struct snd_usb_midi *umidi)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&umidi->error_timer);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < MIDI_MAX_ENDPOINTS; ++i) {
 		struct snd_usb_midi_endpoint *ep = &umidi->endpoints[i];
 		if (ep->out)
@@ -1530,7 +1532,6 @@ static void snd_usbmidi_free(struct snd_usb_midi *umidi)
 			snd_usbmidi_in_endpoint_delete(ep->in);
 	}
 	mutex_destroy(&umidi->mutex);
-	timer_shutdown_sync(&umidi->error_timer);
 	kfree(umidi);
 }
 
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