CVE-2026-98742: ALSA: seq: Serialize compat port-info ioctls

Published Oct 18, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: seq: Serialize compat port-info ioctls

The native sequencer ioctl path serializes handler calls with client->ioctlmutex, but the translated port-info compat path invokes the same handlers through sndseqkernelclientctl() without taking that mutex.

This lets concurrent compat CREATEPORT requests pass the port-count check before any request reaches the serialized insertion. The computed integer port index can then exceed the address field range and wrap to an existing index. Subsequent subscriber teardown can resolve the duplicate address to the wrong port and access a freed subscriber.

Take ioctlmutex while dispatching converted port-info requests, matching the native ioctl path. All translated port-info commands share this helper, so their accesses to the client port state are serialized as well.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Compensating control

    Serialize converted compat port-info ioctl requests by taking client->ioctl_mutex while dispatching them, matching the native sequencer ioctl path.

Event History

Oct 18, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:47 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:47 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:17 PM
Description

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