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CVE-2021-47281

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2021
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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ALSA: seq: Fix race of snd_seq_timer_open()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: seq: Fix race of snd_seq_timer_open() The timer instance per queue is exclusive, and snd_seq_timer_open() should have managed the concurrent accesses. It looks as if it's checking the already existing timer instance at the beginning, but it's not right, because there is no protection, hence any later concurrent call of snd_seq_timer_open() may override the timer instance easily. This may result in UAF, as the leftover timer instance can keep running while the queue itself gets closed, as spotted by syzkaller recently. For avoiding the race, add a proper check at the assignment of tmr->timeri again, and return -EBUSY if it's been already registered.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgitbd7d88b0874f82f7b29d1a53e574cedaf23166baUnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit536a7646c00a0f14fee49e5e313109e5da2f6031UnavailableNone listed
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2affectedgit83e197a8414c0ba545e7e3916ce05f836f349273UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2.6.12affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver2.6.12UnavailableNone listed
5.10.44unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.12.11unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.12.*None listed
5.13unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed