ALSA: timer: Don't take register_mutex with copy_from/to_user()
The infamous mmap_lock taken in copy_from/to_user() can be often
problematic when it's called inside another mutex, as they might lead
to deadlocks.
In the case of ALSA timer code, the bad pattern is with
guard(mutex)(®ister_mutex) that covers copy_from/to_user() -- which
was mistakenly introduced at converting to guard(), and it had been
carefully worked around in the past.
This patch fixes those pieces simply by moving copy_from/to_user() out
of the register mutex lock again.
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-11166 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: Don't take register_mutex with copy_from/to_user() The infamous mmap_lock taken in copy_from/to_user() can be often problematic when it's called inside another mutex, as they might lead to deadlocks. In the case of ALSA timer code, the bad pattern is with guard(mutex)(®ister_mutex) that covers copy_from/to_user() -- which was mistakenly introduced at converting to guard(), and it had been carefully worked around in the past. This patch fixes those pieces simply by moving copy_from/to_user() out of the register mutex lock again. |
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USN-7594-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-7605-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-7628-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-833 |
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-667 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: Don't take register_mutex with copy_from/to_user() The infamous mmap_lock taken in copy_from/to_user() can be often problematic when it's called inside another mutex, as they might lead to deadlocks. In the case of ALSA timer code, the bad pattern is with guard(mutex)(®ister_mutex) that covers copy_from/to_user() -- which was mistakenly introduced at converting to guard(), and it had been carefully worked around in the past. This patch fixes those pieces simply by moving copy_from/to_user() out of the register mutex lock again. | |
| Title | ALSA: timer: Don't take register_mutex with copy_from/to_user() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:13:37.526Z
Reserved: 2025-01-11T14:28:41.511Z
Link: CVE-2025-23134
Updated: 2025-10-01T14:41:29.662Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2025-04-16T15:16:07.797
Modified: 2025-10-01T17:15:44.943
Link: CVE-2025-23134
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