{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-49545", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-02-26T02:08:31.590Z", "datePublished": "2025-02-26T02:13:58.363Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:55:37.233Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:55:37.233Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream\n\nAt closing a USB MIDI output substream, there might be still a pending\nwork, which would eventually access the rawmidi runtime object that is\nbeing released. For fixing the race, make sure to cancel the pending\nwork at closing." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Triggered via local ALSA/OSS MIDI character devices (/dev/snd/midi*, /dev/sequencer) once a USB MIDI interface is bound; device presence is an environmental precondition, not a malicious-USB physical attack (same model as CVE-2024-44954 / CVE-2022-50719).\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race by writing MIDI data to queue snd_usbmidi_out_work and then closing/unsubscribing the substream to free the runtime, so success does not depend on external timing.\nPR:L - Only ordinary access to sound devices is required, which seat users get via udev uaccess ACLs or audio group membership; no CAP_SYS_ADMIN or root is needed.\nUI:N - The attacker opens the MIDI/sequencer device, writes to queue work, and closes it themselves; no separate victim action is required.\nS:U - The UAF and any resulting privilege escalation remain within the host kernel's security authority; this is not a VM escape or IOMMU/DMA boundary bypass.\nC:H - Use-after-free of the kmalloc-512 snd_rawmidi_runtime lets an attacker reclaim the object and steer subsequent reads in __snd_rawmidi_transmit_ack / transmit paths into attacker-controlled memory.\nI:H - The same reclaimable UAF is written (hw_ptr, avail, wake_up on runtime->sleep) from the workqueue path, enabling heap corruption and control-flow hijack primitives.\nA:H - Even without controlled reclaim, the pending work dereferencing the freed runtime reliably causes a KASAN-detected use-after-free / kernel oops, so Availability is High." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "sound/usb/midi.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "40bdb5ec957aca5c5c1924602bef6b0ab18e22d3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "11868ca21585561659c2575b0d6508ef8e9c4291", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "5e5fe2b6065541c6216a7a003b0cddf386be0d2d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "517dcef4d2dda0132648f1e4c079ed17bba4d1a4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "0125de38122f0f66bf61336158d12a1aabfe6425", "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/usb/midi.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.10.121", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.46", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.17.14", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.18.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.19", "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": "5.10.121" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.46" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.17.14" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.18.3" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40bdb5ec957aca5c5c1924602bef6b0ab18e22d3" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11868ca21585561659c2575b0d6508ef8e9c4291" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5fe2b6065541c6216a7a003b0cddf386be0d2d" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/517dcef4d2dda0132648f1e4c079ed17bba4d1a4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0125de38122f0f66bf61336158d12a1aabfe6425" } ], "title": "ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }