[PATCH] ALSA: hda/core: Fix double free on stream page allocation failure

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 10:47:14 EST


Since commit f16eaa38ea64 ("ALSA: hda/core: add cleanup in
snd_hdac_bus_alloc_stream_pages()"), snd_hdac_bus_alloc_stream_pages()
frees the BDL and position buffers it has already allocated when a
later allocation fails. snd_dma_free_pages() doesn't clear dmab->area,
so the freed buffers still look allocated to
snd_hdac_bus_free_stream_pages(), which the HDA controller drivers call
from their destructors, and they are freed a second time when the
device is removed.

With fault injection failing the CORB/RIRB buffer allocation of
snd-hda-intel on a QEMU ich9-intel-hda, unbinding the device then
crashes:

page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(page_ref_count(page) == 0)
kernel BUG at include/linux/mm.h:1986!
Call Trace:
___free_pages+0x9b/0xa0
free_pages_exact+0xa5/0xd0
snd_hdac_bus_free_stream_pages+0x43/0xb0 [snd_hda_core]
azx_free+0xb3/0x1b0 [snd_hda_intel]
azx_dev_free+0xd/0x20 [snd_hda_intel]

Clear the buffer pointers after freeing them in the error path.

Fixes: f16eaa38ea64 ("ALSA: hda/core: add cleanup in snd_hdac_bus_alloc_stream_pages()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/hda/core/controller.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/hda/core/controller.c b/sound/hda/core/controller.c
index a7acd3418ae8a..32574dc899fad 100644
--- a/sound/hda/core/controller.c
+++ b/sound/hda/core/controller.c
@@ -764,10 +764,13 @@ int snd_hdac_bus_alloc_stream_pages(struct hdac_bus *bus)

error_posbuf:
snd_dma_free_pages(&bus->posbuf);
+ bus->posbuf.area = NULL;
error_bdl:
list_for_each_entry(s, &bus->stream_list, list) {
- if (s->bdl.area)
+ if (s->bdl.area) {
snd_dma_free_pages(&s->bdl);
+ s->bdl.area = NULL;
+ }
}
return -ENOMEM;
}
--
2.53.0