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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64029" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T15:39:20.368Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:28:09.426Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64029" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64029.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64029" title: "ALSA: seq: Serialize UMP output teardown with event_input" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: seq: Serialize UMP output teardown with event_input\n\nseq_ump_process_event() borrows client-\u003eout_rfile.output without\nsynchronizing with the first-open and last-close transition in\nseq_ump_client_open() and seq_ump_client_close().\n\nThe last output unuse can therefore drop opened[STR_OUT] to zero and\nrelease the rawmidi file while an in-flight event_input callback is still\ninside snd_rawmidi_kernel_write(). That leaves the rawmidi substream\nruntime exposed to teardown before the write path has taken its own\nbuffer reference.\n\nAdd a per-client rwlock for the event_input-visible output file. Publish\na newly opened output file under the write side, and hold the read side\nfrom the output lookup through snd_rawmidi_kernel_write(). The last\noutput close copies and clears the visible output file under the write\nside, then drops the lock and releases the saved rawmidi file. Use\nIRQ-safe rwlock guards because event_input can also be reached from\natomic sequencer delivery.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the\norder within that path:\n\npath A label: event_input path path B label: last unuse path\n1. seq_ump_process_event() reads 1. seq_ump_client_close()\n client-\u003eout_rfile.output. drops opened[STR_OUT] to zero.\n2. snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1() 2. snd_rawmidi_kernel_release()\n has not yet pinned runtime. closes the output file.\n3. The writer continues using 3. close_substream() frees\n the borrowed substream. substream-\u003eruntime.\n\nThis keeps the output substream and runtime alive for the full\nevent_input write while keeping rawmidi release outside the rwlock.\n\nKASAN reproduced this as a slab-use-after-free in\nsnd_rawmidi_kernel_write1(), with allocation through\nseq_ump_use()/snd_seq_port_connect() and free through\nseq_ump_unuse()/snd_seq_port_disconnect().\n\n\nValidation reproduced this kernel report:\nKASAN slab-use-after-free in snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1+0x9d/0x400\nRIP: 0033:0x7f5528af837f\nRead of size 8\nCall trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0xb0 (?:?)\n print_report+0xd1/0x650 (?:?)\n srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 (?:?)\n __virt_addr_valid+0x1a7/0x340 (?:?)\n kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x64/0x200 (?:?)\n kasan_report+0xf7/0x130 (?:?)\n snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1+0x9d/0x400 (?:?)\n __asan_load8+0x82/0xb0 (?:?)\n update_stack_state+0x1ef/0x2d0 (?:?)\n snd_rawmidi_kernel_write+0x1a/0x20 (?:?)\n seq_ump_process_event+0xd4/0x120 (sound/core/seq/seq_ump_client.c:82)\n __snd_seq_deliver_single_event+0x8a/0xe0 (?:?)\n snd_seq_deliver_from_ump+0x2b2/0xd60 (?:?)\n lock_acquire+0x14e/0x2e0 (?:?)\n find_held_lock+0x31/0x90 (?:?)\n snd_seq_port_use_ptr+0xa6/0xe0 (?:?)\n __kasan_check_write+0x18/0x20 (?:?)\n do_raw_read_unlock+0x32/0xa0 (?:?)\n _raw_read_unlock+0x26/0x50 (?:?)\n snd_seq_deliver_single_event+0x45c/0x4b0 (?:?)\n snd_seq_deliver_event+0x10d/0x1b0 (?:?)\n snd_seq_client_enqueue_event+0x192/0x240 (?:?)\n snd_seq_write+0x2cd/0x450 (?:?)\n apparmor_file_permission+0x20/0x30 (?:?)\n security_file_permission+0x51/0x60 (?:?)\n vfs_write+0x1ce/0x850 (?:?)\n __fget_files+0x12b/0x220 (?:?)\n lock_release+0xc8/0x2a0 (?:?)\n __rcu_read_unlock+0x74/0x2d0 (?:?)\n __fget_files+0x135/0x220 (?:?)\n ksys_write+0x15a/0x180 (?:?)\n rcu_is_watching+0x24/0x60 (?:?)\n __x64_sys_write+0x46/0x60 (?:?)\n x64_sys_call+0x7d/0x20d0 (?:?)\n do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x360 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:87)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f (?:?)" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"81fd444aa371261cd33f31d4ffd80faeeeab0cc9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8ba1c4ddbb1c67d34bb440aecb9f5690ed3f64cb"},{"version":"81fd444aa371261cd33f31d4ffd80faeeeab0cc9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0cb1ad795570167558530d6194297ac2396a1991"},{"version":"81fd444aa371261cd33f31d4ffd80faeeeab0cc9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3aab4a58d23fb22dac5b558bbe5df1a8dad00b4b"},{"version":"81fd444aa371261cd33f31d4ffd80faeeeab0cc9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ef46b616a4c219185bbf10ebcbacb571583fd0e4"},{"version":"81fd444aa371261cd33f31d4ffd80faeeeab0cc9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"60a1969fae6209644698fca91c185d153674f631"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.5"},{"version":"6.6.142","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.92","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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