[PATCH] ALSA: us122l: Prevent write upgrades for read mappings
From: Kazuki Hanai
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 07:05:54 EST
The hwdep mmap callback rejects read-buffer mappings that are initially
writable, but leaves VM_MAYWRITE set on mappings created with PROT_READ.
A process that can open the hwdep node O_RDWR can later use mprotect() to
make the mapping writable.
The read allocation begins with struct usb_stream. Its read_size member is
used by the fault handler to decide which pages belong to the read buffer.
The read VMA intentionally remains expandable because pcm_usb_stream uses
mremap() after reading that size. Changing read_size first can therefore
map and access pages beyond the allocation. The same member is also
consumed by usb_stream_free(), where changing it can make
free_pages_exact() release pages outside the allocation.
Clear VM_MAYWRITE for read-buffer mappings after rejecting an initially
writable VMA. This keeps the separate output-buffer mapping writable while
preventing later permission upgrades.
Fixes: 030a07e44129 ("ALSA: Add USB US122L driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kazuki Hanai <hnkz.64@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c
index f00b53346abd..a5db0d044ef9 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/us122l.c
@@ -180,8 +180,11 @@ static int usb_stream_hwdep_mmap(struct snd_hwdep *hw,
guard(mutex)(&us122l->mutex);
s = us122l->sk.s;
read = offset < s->read_size;
- if (read && area->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
- return -EPERM;
+ if (read) {
+ if (area->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
+ return -EPERM;
+ vm_flags_clear(area, VM_MAYWRITE);
+ }
/* if userspace tries to mmap beyond end of our buffer, fail */
if (size > PAGE_ALIGN(read ? s->read_size : s->write_size)) {
dev_warn(hw->card->dev, "%s: size %lu > %u\n", __func__,