[PATCH v2 1/2] ALSA: caiaq: fix use-after-free and double-free in setup_card()
From: Berk Cem Goksel
Date: Sun Apr 12 2026 - 23:50:35 EST
When snd_card_register() fails in setup_card(), snd_card_free() is
called on the card, but there is no return statement afterwards.
Execution falls through to snd_usb_caiaq_control_init(cdev), which
dereferences members of the just-freed card, resulting in a
use-after-free.
setup_card() is void and init_card() still returns 0 on this path,
so snd_probe() leaves the freed card pointer in the USB interface's
private data via usb_set_intfdata(). When the device is later
disconnected, snd_usb_caiaq_disconnect() calls
snd_card_free_when_closed() on that same pointer, producing a
double-free and slab corruption.
Add the missing return so a failed snd_card_register() cleanly
aborts setup without touching freed memory.
The issue is reachable by any caiaq-compatible USB device whose
descriptors cause snd_card_register() to fail. It was reproduced
with raw-gadget + dummy_hcd on 7.0.0-rc5 (arm64, KASAN).
Fixes: 8e3cd08ed8e5 ("[ALSA] caiaq - add control API and more input features")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Berk Cem Goksel <berkcgoksel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Correct "Fixes:" tag
sound/usb/caiaq/device.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/sound/usb/caiaq/device.c b/sound/usb/caiaq/device.c
index 3a71bab8a477..d52f3b9a2bac 100644
--- a/sound/usb/caiaq/device.c
+++ b/sound/usb/caiaq/device.c
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ static void setup_card(struct snd_usb_caiaqdev *cdev)
if (ret < 0) {
dev_err(dev, "snd_card_register() returned %d\n", ret);
snd_card_free(cdev->chip.card);
+ return;
}
ret = snd_usb_caiaq_control_init(cdev);
--
2.34.1