CVE-2026-90207

NameCVE-2026-90207
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: seq: midi: Serialize input teardown with event_input snd_midi_input_event() must not be running while a rawmidi substream is closing, since this can lead to the trigger state becoming out-of-step through this sequence in snd_rawmidi_input_trigger(): snd_rawmidi_input_trigger(up=0) snd_midi_input_event() -> snd_rawmidi_kernel_read() -> snd_rawmidi_input_trigger(up=1) -> cancel_work_sync() which ends with the underlying device being active unexpectedly. When this is called from close_substream(), further input can re-trigger the input event leaving it running after rawmidi_release_priv() has set rfile->rmidi to NULL which leads to: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000b0 Call trace: snd_midi_input_event+0x3c/0x134 [snd_seq_midi] (P) snd_rawmidi_input_event_work+0x1c/0x2c process_one_work+0x150/0x3a4 worker_thread+0x190/0x318 Apply a similar approach to commit ef7607ab1c8ad ("ALSA: seq: midi: Serialize output teardown with event_input") which fixed the same issue in the output direction, but updated to use RCU following Takashi Iwai's proposed follow-on patch [1]. With this change in place, midisynth_unsubscribe() clears the input file so snd_midi_input_event() will not re-trigger the stream and will be quiesced by the cancel_work_sync() in snd_rawmidi_input_trigger(). [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sound/20260813144224.753399-1-tiwai@suse.de/
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ReferencesDSA-6528-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bookworm6.1.176-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.187-1vulnerable
trixie6.12.107-1vulnerable
trixie (security)6.12.111-1fixed
forky7.2.8-1fixed
sid7.2.9-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.111-1DSA-6528-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.2.6-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/403f7f3ad3808a0096d84cf228fab68dc253fd9d (7.3-rc1)

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