# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-68202"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-10T12:00:21.279Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:58:57.086Z"
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-2026-68202"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68202.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68202"
title: "ALSA: seq: close a re-opened queue timer in the destructor"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: seq: close a re-opened queue timer in the destructor\n\nqueue_delete() closes the queue timer, then frees it. snd_seq_timer_close()\nclears q-\u003etimer-\u003etimeri. snd_use_lock_sync() then drains borrowers, and\nsnd_seq_timer_delete() frees q-\u003etimer.\n\nA borrower can re-open the timer inside that window. A SET_QUEUE_CLIENT\nthat took a queueptr() use_lock reference before the queue was unlinked\nruns snd_seq_timer_open() after the close. Open refuses re-open only while\ntimeri is set, and the close just cleared it, so it re-opens timeri.\n\nsnd_seq_timer_delete() does not close that instance. Its snd_seq_timer_stop()\nis a no-op, because running was cleared first. So it frees q-\u003etimer with the\ninstance still live. The queue is freed next.\n\nThe instance stays on the global timer with callback_data pointing at the\nfreed queue. A non-owner START on the unlocked queue arms it. The next tick\nderefs the freed queue in snd_seq_timer_interrupt().\n\nReachable by an unprivileged user with access to /dev/snd/seq. No CAP and\nno queue ownership required.\n\nClose any lingering instance in the destructor. There, -\u003etimeri can no\nlonger change: the queue is unlinked and all use_lock borrowers have\ndrained, so no snd_seq_queue_use() can re-open it. Close it before clearing\nq-\u003etimer. snd_timer_close() waits for any in-flight snd_seq_timer_interrupt()\nto finish, and that callback still reads q-\u003etimer (via snd_seq_check_queue()),\nso q-\u003etimer must stay valid until it drains."
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