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ALSA: caiaq: take a reference on the USB device in create_card()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: caiaq: take a reference on the USB device in create_card() The caiaq driver stores a pointer to the parent USB device in cdev->chip.dev but never takes a reference on it. The card's private_free callback, snd_usb_caiaq_card_free(), can run asynchronously via snd_card_free_when_closed() after the USB device has already been disconnected and freed, so any access to cdev->chip.dev in that path dereferences a freed usb_device. On top of the refcounting issue, the current card_free implementation calls usb_reset_device(cdev->chip.dev). A reset in a free callback is inappropriate: the device is going away, the call takes the device lock in a teardown context, and the reset races with the disconnect path that the callback is already cleaning up after. Take a reference on the USB device in create_card() with usb_get_dev(), drop it with usb_put_dev() in the free callback, and remove the usb_reset_device() call.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.258, 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.12.84, 6.18.25, 6.6.136, 7.0.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-31701
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 11:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ALSA: caiaq: take a reference on the USB device in create_card()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 May 2026, 13:56 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: caiaq: take a reference on the USB device in create_card() The caiaq driver stores a pointer to the parent USB device in cdev->chip.dev but never takes a reference on it. The card's private_free callback, snd_usb_caiaq_card_free(), can run asynchronously via snd_card_free_when_closed() after the USB device has already been disconnected and freed, so any access to cdev->chip.dev in that path dereferences a freed usb_device. On top of the refcounting issue, the current card_free implementation calls usb_reset_device(cdev->chip.dev). A reset in a free callback is inappropriate: the device is going away, the call takes the device lock in a teardown context, and the reset races with the disconnect path that the callback is already cleaning up after. Take a reference on the USB device in create_card() with usb_get_dev(), drop it with usb_put_dev() in the free callback, and remove the usb_reset_device() call.
osv:CVE-2026-31701
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.258, 5.15.209, 6.1.175, 6.6.136, 6.12.84, 6.18.25, 7.0.2
Complete source record
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