linux/sound/core/seq
Norbert Szetei 21e1968843 ALSA: seq: Fix division by zero in initialize_timer()
A userspace-driven ALSA timer (SND_UTIMER) lets an unprivileged user set
the backing snd_timer's hardware resolution to an arbitrary 64-bit value
via SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_CREATE. snd_utimer_create() only rejects zero.

When such a timer is bound to a sequencer queue, initialize_timer()
computes the tick period as

	tmr->ticks = 1000000000 / (r * freq);

where r is that user-controlled resolution and freq is the sequencer
update rate in Hz, clamped to MIN_FREQUENCY..MAX_FREQUENCY (10..6250).
A resolution of 2^63 makes the 64-bit product r * freq wrap to zero for
any even freq, including DEFAULT_FREQUENCY (1000), so the division faults
with a divide-by-zero.

The division runs under tmr->lock with interrupts disabled, so the oops
leaves the spinlock held and hangs the CPU. It is reachable by an
unprivileged user with access to /dev/snd/timer and /dev/snd/seq.

  Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
  CPU: 7 UID: 1000 PID: 456 Comm: alsa_seq_utimer Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4+
  RIP: 0010:initialize_timer.constprop.0+0x20a/0x2d0
   snd_seq_timer_start+0x15e/0x2b0
   snd_seq_control_queue+0x56f/0xba0
   snd_seq_write+0x3e0/0x730

Reject an overflowing product with check_mul_overflow() and fall back to
a single tick, which also avoids feeding a wrapped-but-nonzero divisor
(e.g. 2^63 * 1000 mod 2^64 == 0, or other resolutions wrapping to a small
value) into the period computation.

Fixes: 37745918e0 ("ALSA: timer: Introduce virtual userspace-driven timers")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/DF8A3844-AD5E-4B8A-9CFC-BD83C212BA38@doyensec.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2026-07-25 08:53:34 +02:00
..
oss ALSA: seq: oss: Serialize readq reset state with q->lock 2026-06-14 10:54:21 +02:00
Kconfig ALSA: seq: Make dependency on UMP clearer 2025-01-01 13:56:48 +01:00
Makefile ALSA: core: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile 2024-05-08 18:17:32 +02:00
seq_clientmgr.c ALSA: seq: Don't re-bounce the error event 2026-06-12 17:30:08 +02:00
seq_clientmgr.h ALSA: seq: Fix UMP group 16 filtering 2026-05-06 09:56:54 +02:00
seq_compat.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
seq_dummy.c Merge branch 'for-linus' into for-next 2026-06-07 09:27:04 +02:00
seq_fifo.c ALSA: seq: avoid stale FIFO cells during resize 2026-06-14 10:57:10 +02:00
seq_fifo.h ALSA: seq: Clean up fifo locking with guard 2025-08-29 11:52:36 +02:00
seq_info.c
seq_info.h
seq_lock.c
seq_lock.h
seq_memory.c ALSA: seq: Fix uninitialised heap leak in snd_seq_event_dup() 2026-06-24 11:03:25 +02:00
seq_memory.h ALSA: seq: Add UMP support 2023-05-23 12:11:21 +02:00
seq_midi_emul.c ALSA: seq: Use flexible array for MIDI channels 2026-05-15 08:52:44 +02:00
seq_midi_event.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
seq_midi.c ALSA: seq: midi: Serialize output teardown with event_input 2026-05-27 12:34:29 +02:00
seq_ports.c ALSA: seq: Restore created port information after insertion 2026-06-02 19:48:40 +02:00
seq_ports.h ALSA: seq: Register kernel port with full information 2026-05-20 07:47:33 +02:00
seq_prioq.c ALSA: seq: Remove arbitrary prioq insertion limit 2026-05-26 07:54:36 +02:00
seq_prioq.h
seq_queue.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
seq_queue.h ALSA: seq: Clean up queue locking with auto cleanup 2025-08-29 11:52:35 +02:00
seq_system.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
seq_system.h ALSA: seq: Notify UMP EP and FB changes 2025-01-12 13:12:21 +01:00
seq_timer.c ALSA: seq: Fix division by zero in initialize_timer() 2026-07-25 08:53:34 +02:00
seq_timer.h ALSA: seq: Remove unused declarations 2024-08-17 16:32:31 +02:00
seq_ump_client.c ALSA: seq: Serialize UMP output teardown with event_input 2026-05-20 13:10:40 +02:00
seq_ump_convert.c ALSA: core/seq: Optimize the return logic in cc_ev_to_ump_midi2 2026-03-27 14:40:24 +01:00
seq_ump_convert.h ALSA: seq: Fix delivery of UMP events to group ports 2025-05-11 15:58:06 +02:00
seq_virmidi.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
seq.c