[PATCH 0/2] ALSA: caiaq: fix UAF, double-free, and USB refcount bugs
From: Berk Cem Goksel
Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 00:59:18 EST
This series fixes two bugs in the caiaq USB sound driver, both
reachable via a malformed or malicious USB device using
raw-gadget + dummy_hcd.
Patch 1 adds a missing return after snd_card_free() in setup_card()
when snd_card_register() fails. Without it, execution falls through
to snd_usb_caiaq_control_init() on a freed card (use-after-free),
and the caller then leaves the freed pointer in usb_set_intfdata(),
producing a double-free on disconnect.
Patch 2 takes a proper reference on the parent USB device in
create_card() with usb_get_dev() and drops it with usb_put_dev()
in the private_free callback. It also removes a usb_reset_device()
call from that callback, which was both racing against an
already-freed usb_device and inappropriate in a teardown path.
A related stack out-of-bounds read in init_card() was sent
separately and has already been applied; this series is the
remainder of that investigation.
Tested on 7.0.0-rc5 arm64 with KASAN and lockdep enabled.
Reproducers require CONFIG_USB_RAW_GADGET and CONFIG_USB_DUMMY_HCD
and are available on request.
Berk Cem Goksel (2):
ALSA: caiaq: fix use-after-free and double-free in setup_card()
ALSA: caiaq: take a reference on the USB device in create_card()
sound/usb/caiaq/device.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)