linux/sound/core/seq
HyeongJun An 435990e25b ALSA: seq: Fix uninitialised heap leak in snd_seq_event_dup()
snd_seq_event_dup() copies an incoming event into a pool cell and, in
the UMP-enabled build, clears the trailing cell->ump.raw.extra word that
the memcpy() did not cover.  The guard deciding whether to clear it
compares the copied size against sizeof(cell->event):

	memcpy(&cell->ump, event, size);
	if (size < sizeof(cell->event))
		cell->ump.raw.extra = 0;

For a legacy (non-UMP) event, size == sizeof(struct snd_seq_event) ==
sizeof(cell->event), so the condition is false and the extra word keeps
stale data.  The cell pool is allocated with kvmalloc() (not zeroed) and
cells are reused via a free list, so that word holds uninitialised heap
or leftover event data.

When such a cell is delivered to a UMP client (client->midi_version > 0)
that set SNDRV_SEQ_FILTER_NO_CONVERT -- so the legacy event reaches it
unconverted -- snd_seq_read() reads it out as the larger struct
snd_seq_ump_event and copies the stale word to user space, a 4-byte
kernel heap infoleak to an unprivileged /dev/snd/seq client.

Compare against sizeof(cell->ump) instead, so the trailing word is zeroed
for every event shorter than the UMP cell.

Fixes: 46397622a3 ("ALSA: seq: Add UMP support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: HyeongJun An <sammiee5311@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260623233841.853326-1-sammiee5311@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
2026-06-24 11:03:25 +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 treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
seq_info.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
seq_lock.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
seq_lock.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
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 treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
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: timer: Manage timer object with kref 2026-06-10 09:36:28 +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 treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00