vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2022-1048: kernel: race condition in snd_pcm_hw_free leading to use-after-free (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 29, 2022
Added
Nov 9, 2022
Modified
Nov 14, 2025

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s sound subsystem in the way a user triggers concurrent calls of PCM hw_params. The hw_free ioctls or similar race condition happens inside ALSA PCM for other ioctls. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solutions

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