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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54072

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54072 PUBLISHED

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Fix potential data race at PCM memory allocation helpers The PCM memory allocation helpers have a sanity check against too many buffer allocations. However, the check is performed without a proper lock and the allocation isn't serialized; this allows user to allocate more memories than predefined max size. Practically seen, this isn't really a big problem, as it's more or less some "soft limit" as a sanity check, and it's not possible to allocate unlimitedly. But it's still better to address this for more consistent behavior. The patch covers the size check in do_alloc_pages() with the card->memory_mutex, and increases the allocated size there for preventing the further overflow. When the actual allocation fails, the size is decreased accordingly.

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux6.1.38-3, *, 6.1.38-4
Debian:11linux5.10.148-1, 5.10.92-2, 5.10.178-3
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 24, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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