{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-89980", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-11T19:38:34.779Z", "datePublished": "2026-09-16T10:32:57.355Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:55:54.905Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T08:55:54.905Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: harmony: initialize locks before requesting IRQ\n\nsnd_harmony_create() registers the IRQ before initializing h->lock and\nh->mixer_lock. A pending interrupt can invoke the handler while these\nlocks are uninitialized.\n\nInitialize both locks before requesting the IRQ so the handler always\nsees valid lock state." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.4, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached only from snd_harmony_probe() → snd_harmony_create() → request_irq() → snd_harmony_interrupt() on onboard HP PA-RISC LASI/ASP Harmony audio, which enumerates at boot or module bind. There is no network, Bluetooth, or USB packet path into this GSC chip.\nAC:L - snd_harmony_create() calls request_irq() before spin_lock_init() and before pcm_init()'s harmony_disable_interrupts(). Firmware leftover DSTATUS_IE plus pending PN/RN lets gsc_asic_unmask_irq() deliver snd_harmony_interrupt() immediately against uninitialized h->lock, without an attacker-uncontrollable race.\nPR:N - snd_harmony_create() performs no capability or authentication checks before request_irq(). On GSC/LASI PA-RISC workstations and servers with Harmony, kernel/udev enumeration runs the vulnerable probe automatically without an OS account or user-namespace privilege.\nUI:N - No victim action is required. A pending Harmony interrupt during driver probe at boot or module autoload invokes the uninitialized-lock IRQ path without anyone opening ALSA PCM or control nodes.\nS:U - Impact is uninitialized spinlock use and DMA next-address programming inside the host kernel Harmony driver. This does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox security boundary.\nC:H - snd_harmony_interrupt() takes uninitialized h->lock in hard-IRQ context and, with psubs/csubs still NULL, programs HARMONY_PNXTADD from zeroed sdma so the chip DMAs from physical address 0. That undefined lock/DMA behavior can disclose kernel memory rather than a small bounded leak.\nI:H - On SMP PA-RISC (defconfig), probe can spin_lock_init() h->lock while the IRQ handler still holds the zeroed lock, and the handler writes HARMONY_RNXTADD/PNXTADD (including 0) in that window. That lock-state corruption and invalid DMA programming are write/control-flow primitives, not a pure crash.\nA:H - Taking uninitialized h->lock in snd_harmony_interrupt() during probe hits DEBUG_SPINLOCK bad-magic BUG, lockdep non-static-key failure, oops/panic, or a hung IRQ/DMA path on affected PA-RISC machines, fully denying availability." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "sound/parisc/harmony.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "9af6c9203583655cb7ed45e52e14101652b37547", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "f86ff9238b0c8284909e073a681a60708b9f36ab", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "7dc239edb6d58e01c9ec868565cc03e7adf91747", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "9347588bbd6ad43a85e17046d9c117a41453c52a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "89992bda7dfbba7ded2ba4185730453c57fa65bc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "cd209eb3136e002becbda232e399fa31a2276436", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "33abb7491e89285a41565670945293dda841afc4", "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/parisc/harmony.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.221", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.188", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.157", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.110", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.51", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.5", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "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": "5.15.221" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.188" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.157" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.110" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.51" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.5" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af6c9203583655cb7ed45e52e14101652b37547" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f86ff9238b0c8284909e073a681a60708b9f36ab" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dc239edb6d58e01c9ec868565cc03e7adf91747" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9347588bbd6ad43a85e17046d9c117a41453c52a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89992bda7dfbba7ded2ba4185730453c57fa65bc" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd209eb3136e002becbda232e399fa31a2276436" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33abb7491e89285a41565670945293dda841afc4" } ], "title": "ALSA: harmony: initialize locks before requesting IRQ", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }