ALSA: line6: Fix racy access to midibuf
Priority LOW 33CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: line6: Fix racy access to midibuf There can be concurrent accesses to line6 midibuf from both the URB completion callback and the rawmidi API access. This could be a cause of KMSAN warning triggered by syzkaller below (so put as reported-by here). This patch protects the midibuf call of the former code path with a spinlock for avoiding the possible races.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00179 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224 +5Red Hat: 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.30 and later | 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105, 6.6.46, 6.10.5, 6.11 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.30 and later Fixed in 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105, 6.6.46, 6.10.5, 6.11 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 4.19.320; after 4.20, before 5.4.282; 5.5 to before 5.10.224; after 5.11, before 5.15.165; 5.16 to before 6.1.105; 6.2 to before 6.6.46; 6.7 to before 6.10.5 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.11 rc1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.11 rc2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.19.320; after 4.20, before 5.4.282; 5.5 to before 5.10.224; after 5.11, before 5.15.165; 5.16 to before 6.1.105; 6.2 to before 6.6.46; 6.7 to before 6.10.5 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.11 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.11 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.320, 5.4.282, 5.10.224, 5.15.165, 6.1.105, 6.6.46, 6.10.5, 6.11
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-44954
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gh37-h7xr-7hj2
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/643293b68fbb6c03f5e907736498da17d43f0d81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40f3d5cb0e0cbf7fa697913a27d5d361373bdcf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7e7d2b180d8f297cea6db43ea72402fd33e1a29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a54da4b787dcac60b598da69c9c0072812b8282d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80f454a805443c274394b1db0d1ebf477abd94e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/535df7f896a568a8a1564114eaea49d002cb1747
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51d87f11dd199bbc6a85982b088ff27bde53b48a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b7a03205b31bc5623378c190d22b7ff60026f1
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Sources
- CVE-2024-44954 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-44954 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gh37-h7xr-7hj2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-44954 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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