{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-74387", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.890Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:59:02.457Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-15T05:59:02.457Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-15T05:59:02.457Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: seq: midi: Serialize output teardown with event_input\n\nevent_process_midi() borrows msynth->output_rfile.output and then\npasses the substream to dump_midi() and snd_rawmidi_kernel_write()\nwithout synchronizing with the output open/close transition.\nmidisynth_use() also publishes output_rfile before\nsnd_rawmidi_output_params() has finished.\n\nThe last midisynth_unuse() can therefore release the same rawmidi file\nand free substream->runtime before snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1() takes\nits runtime buffer reference. That leaves the event_input path using a\nstale substream or runtime and can end in a NULL-deref or use-after-free.\n\nFix this with two pieces of synchronization. Keep a short IRQ-safe\nspinlock only for publishing or clearing output_rfile and for pairing\nthe output snapshot with an snd_use_lock_t reference. Once\nevent_process_midi() has taken that in-flight reference, it drops the\nspinlock before calling snd_seq_dump_var_event(), dump_midi(), or\nsnd_rawmidi_kernel_write(). midisynth_unuse() now detaches the visible\nrawmidi file under the same spinlock, waits for the in-flight writers\nto drain, and only then drains and releases the saved file.\nmidisynth_use() likewise opens into a local snd_rawmidi_file and\npublishes it only after snd_rawmidi_output_params() succeeds.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the\norder within that path:\n\nevent_input path: last unuse path:\n1. event_process_midi() snapshots 1. midisynth_unuse() starts\n output_rfile.output. tearing down output_rfile.\n2. dump_midi() reaches 2. snd_rawmidi_kernel_release()\n snd_rawmidi_kernel_write() closes the output file.\n before runtime is pinned. 3. close_substream() frees\n3. The callback keeps using substream->runtime.\n the borrowed substream.\n\nValidation reproduced this kernel report:\nKASAN null-ptr-deref in snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1+0x56/0x360\nRIP: 0033:0x7fde7dd0837f\nRIP: 0010:snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1+0x56/0x360"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["sound/core/seq/seq_midi.c"], "versions": [{"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "f5d470b808bc01f70978e22e595c6f7768313406", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "936641af564c3d92721704b781e36aaf223efdd2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "718f6a56b40875f19e6915799044a02df9abfd52", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "11165fe2c5ea0516debe486d91df67abbe36905e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "d6fd2afb137f52bf00c5210cc44d08ed54dcffb4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "ef7607ab1c8adc6258fb1b27d08e26aecdc18a58", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["sound/core/seq/seq_midi.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.178", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.145", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.97", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.40", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2-rc1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.178"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.145"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.97"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2-rc1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5d470b808bc01f70978e22e595c6f7768313406"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/936641af564c3d92721704b781e36aaf223efdd2"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/718f6a56b40875f19e6915799044a02df9abfd52"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11165fe2c5ea0516debe486d91df67abbe36905e"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6fd2afb137f52bf00c5210cc44d08ed54dcffb4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef7607ab1c8adc6258fb1b27d08e26aecdc18a58"}], "title": "ALSA: seq: midi: Serialize output teardown with event_input", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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That leaves the event_input path using a\nstale substream or runtime and can end in a NULL-deref or use-after-free.\n\nFix this with two pieces of synchronization. Keep a short IRQ-safe\nspinlock only for publishing or clearing output_rfile and for pairing\nthe output snapshot with an snd_use_lock_t reference. Once\nevent_process_midi() has taken that in-flight reference, it drops the\nspinlock before calling snd_seq_dump_var_event(), dump_midi(), or\nsnd_rawmidi_kernel_write(). midisynth_unuse() now detaches the visible\nrawmidi file under the same spinlock, waits for the in-flight writers\nto drain, and only then drains and releases the saved file.\nmidisynth_use() likewise opens into a local snd_rawmidi_file and\npublishes it only after snd_rawmidi_output_params() succeeds.\n\nThe buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the\norder within that path:\n\nevent_input path: last unuse path:\n1. event_process_midi() snapshots 1. midisynth_unuse() starts\n output_rfile.output. tearing down output_rfile.\n2. dump_midi() reaches 2. snd_rawmidi_kernel_release()\n snd_rawmidi_kernel_write() closes the output file.\n before runtime is pinned. 3. close_substream() frees\n3. 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{"created": "2026-08-15T16:30:03.971850+00:00", "updated": "2026-08-15T16:30:03.971855+00:00", "vendors": [], "weaknesses": ["CWE-416", "CWE-362"]}