CVE-2026-89979

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Fix race between non-atomic ops and trigger-start We protect the races of the concurrent state transitions between atomic PCM ops, but the checks between the non-atomic ops (hw_params, hw_free and prepare) and the atomic ops aren't perfect; there is a check of the conflicting PCM state at the beginning of hw_params & co, but the atomic PCM ops can be still issued during the non-atomic PCM operations. An example such scenario is that a thread A re-issues the PREPARE or HW_PARAMS for the already prepared stream, while another thread B triggers the PCM start in the middle of the prepare operation. Although this usually doesn't lead to much serious issues, it can give some inconsistency as reported by syzkaller (such as ODEBUG warning). There are various atomic PCM ops, and basically the only problem is the PCM start as it operates from the PREPARED state. Other trigger commands (stop, etc) are for the running or the other special state, hence they are filtered as pre-condition. This patch is for preventing the PCM trigger-start during the non- atomic operations in order to address the problems above. Fortunately, the hw_params, hw_free and prepare operations call snd_pcm_buffer_access_lock(), and this can be used for checking the concurrent operations at the PCM trigger -- which sets the runtime->buffer_accessing to a negative (if possible), so the PCM trigger just needs to check the runtime->buffer_accessing value; if it's negative, it means the concurrent non-atomic PCM ops is running.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 16, 2026
First seenSep 16, 2026

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  • Linux Linuxb1d12144557fceed5de6e22e2c2e30a40ed37702, b2edc017f94c08bdd0b046a586e43ac771a2f942, b599e7f16441386754ec083fa62a549bccb02fca, ad29779736cfd6f5595f0cab300dd7611418e363, 5abeb4f9f2023f001d693b4e5e1ebbf25e25d0eb, 7ad2ea7c10044b08ecf7b04376916faf12e17a99, 50afadf1ea66597116eb14e73c24da7ae99b759f, acac7b5e07349a9d10d78873afb4b93cd1dc721f or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < b1d12144557fceed5de6e22e2c2e30a40ed37702, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < b2edc017f94c08bdd0b046a586e43ac771a2f942, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < b599e7f16441386754ec083fa62a549bccb02fca, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < ad29779736cfd6f5595f0cab300dd7611418e363, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 5abeb4f9f2023f001d693b4e5e1ebbf25e25d0eb, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 7ad2ea7c10044b08ecf7b04376916faf12e17a99, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 50afadf1ea66597116eb14e73c24da7ae99b759f, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < acac7b5e07349a9d10d78873afb4b93cd1dc721f, 2.6.12b1d12144557fceed5de6e22e2c2e30a40ed37702, b2edc017f94c08bdd0b046a586e43ac771a2f942, b599e7f16441386754ec083fa62a549bccb02fca, ad29779736cfd6f5595f0cab300dd7611418e363, 5abeb4f9f2023f001d693b4e5e1ebbf25e25d0eb, 7ad2ea7c10044b08ecf7b04376916faf12e17a99, 50afadf1ea66597116eb14e73c24da7ae99b759f, acac7b5e07349a9d10d78873afb4b93cd1dc721f

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