CVE-2023-53275

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

ALSA: hda: fix a possible null-pointer dereference due to data race in snd_hdac_regmap_sync()

The variable codec->regmap is often protected by the lock codec->regmap_lock when is accessed. However, it is accessed without holding the lock when is accessed in snd_hdac_regmap_sync():

if (codec->regmap)

In my opinion, this may be a harmful race, because if codec->regmap is set to NULL right after the condition is checked, a null-pointer dereference can occur in the called function regcache_sync():

map->lock(map->lock_arg); –> Line 360 in drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c

To fix this possible null-pointer dereference caused by data race, the mutex_lock coverage is extended to protect the if statement as well as the function call to regcache_sync().

[ Note: the lack of the regmap_lock itself is harmless for the current codec driver implementations, as snd_hdac_regmap_sync() is only for PM runtime resume that is prohibited during the codec probe. But the change makes the whole code more consistent, so its merged as is – tiwai ]

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/109f0aaa0b8838a88af9125b79579023539300a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f4a08fed450db87fbb5ff5105354158bdbe1a22
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8703b26387e1fa4f8749db98d24c67617b873acb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f9eed451176ffcac6b5ba0f6dae1a6b4a1cb0eb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b32e40379e5b2814de0c4bc199edc2d82317dc07
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd412b528dee6e0851c4735d6676ec138da13a4