CVE-2014-4653 (published 2014-07-03T04:22Z)

sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-416
cwe_name: Use After Free
description: The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
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Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Lars-Peter Clausen
author_date: 2014-06-18 13:32:33+02:00
msg: ALSA: control: Don't access controls outside of protected regions

A control that is visible on the card->controls list can be freed at any time.
This means we must not access any of its memory while not holding the
controls_rw_lock. Otherwise we risk a use after free access.

Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
Acked-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: control.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ int snd_ctl_add(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol)
 {
 	struct snd_ctl_elem_id id;
 	unsigned int idx;
+	unsigned int count;
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (! kcontrol)
@@ -358,8 +359,9 @@ int snd_ctl_add(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol)
 	card->controls_count += kcontrol->count;
 	kcontrol->id.numid = card->last_numid + 1;
 	card->last_numid += kcontrol->count;
+	count = kcontrol->count;
 	up_write(&card->controls_rwsem);
-	for (idx = 0; idx < kcontrol->count; idx++, id.index++, id.numid++)
+	for (idx = 0; idx < count; idx++, id.index++, id.numid++)
 		snd_ctl_notify(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_ADD, &id);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -388,6 +390,7 @@ int snd_ctl_replace(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 		    bool add_on_replace)
 {
 	struct snd_ctl_elem_id id;
+	unsigned int count;
 	unsigned int idx;
 	struct snd_kcontrol *old;
 	int ret;
@@ -423,8 +426,9 @@ int snd_ctl_replace(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	card->controls_count += kcontrol->count;
 	kcontrol->id.numid = card->last_numid + 1;
 	card->last_numid += kcontrol->count;
+	count = kcontrol->count;
 	up_write(&card->controls_rwsem);
-	for (idx = 0; idx < kcontrol->count; idx++, id.index++, id.numid++)
+	for (idx = 0; idx < count; idx++, id.index++, id.numid++)
 		snd_ctl_notify(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_ADD, &id);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -897,9 +901,9 @@ static int snd_ctl_elem_write(struct snd_card *card, struct snd_ctl_file *file,
 			result = kctl->put(kctl, control);
 		}
 		if (result > 0) {
+			struct snd_ctl_elem_id id = control->id;
 			up_read(&card->controls_rwsem);
-			snd_ctl_notify(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_VALUE,
-				       &control->id);
+			snd_ctl_notify(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_VALUE, &id);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1333,8 +1337,9 @@ static int snd_ctl_tlv_ioctl(struct snd_ctl_file *file,
 		}
 		err = kctl->tlv.c(kctl, op_flag, tlv.length, _tlv->tlv);
 		if (err > 0) {
+			struct snd_ctl_elem_id id = kctl->id;
 			up_read(&card->controls_rwsem);
-			snd_ctl_notify(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_TLV, &kctl->id);
+			snd_ctl_notify(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_TLV, &id);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	} else {

programming_language: C