[PATCH v2 2/2] ASoC: soc-core: flush delayed work before removing DAIs and widgets
From: matteo.cotifava
Date: Mon Mar 09 2026 - 17:55:13 EST
When a sound card is unbound while a PCM stream is open, a
use-after-free can occur in snd_soc_dapm_stream_event(), called from
the close_delayed_work workqueue handler.
During unbind, snd_soc_unbind_card() flushes delayed work and then
calls soc_cleanup_card_resources(). Inside cleanup,
snd_card_disconnect_sync() releases all PCM file descriptors, and
the resulting PCM close path can call snd_soc_dapm_stream_stop()
which schedules new delayed work with a pmdown_time timer delay.
Since this happens after the flush in snd_soc_unbind_card(), the
new work is not caught. soc_remove_link_components() then frees
DAPM widgets before this work fires, leading to the use-after-free.
The existing flush in soc_free_pcm_runtime() also cannot help as it
runs after soc_remove_link_components() has already freed the widgets.
Add a flush in soc_cleanup_card_resources() after
snd_card_disconnect_sync() (after which no new PCM closes can
schedule further delayed work) and before soc_remove_link_dais()
and soc_remove_link_components() (which tear down the structures the
delayed work accesses).
Fixes: e894efef9ac7 ("ASoC: core: add support to card rebind")
Signed-off-by: Matteo Cotifava <cotifavamatteo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/soc/soc-core.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index e5ac8ae1665d..cf826c2a8b59 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -2121,6 +2121,9 @@ static void soc_cleanup_card_resources(struct snd_soc_card *card)
for_each_card_rtds(card, rtd)
if (rtd->initialized)
snd_soc_link_exit(rtd);
+ /* flush delayed work before removing DAIs and DAPM widgets */
+ snd_soc_flush_all_delayed_work(card);
+
/* remove and free each DAI */
soc_remove_link_dais(card);
soc_remove_link_components(card);
--
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