ghsa-gj2x-phgq-7g9q
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Fix UAF when reloading module
hda_generic_machine_select() appends -idisp to the tplg filename by allocating a new string with devm_kasprintf(), then stores the string right back into the global variable snd_soc_acpi_intel_hda_machines. When the module is unloaded, this memory is freed, resulting in a global variable pointing to freed memory. Reloading the module then triggers a use-after-free:
BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in string+0x48/0xe0
Use-after-free read at 0x00000000967e0109 (in kfence-#99): string+0x48/0xe0 vsnprintf+0x329/0x6e0 devm_kvasprintf+0x54/0xb0 devm_kasprintf+0x58/0x80 hda_machine_select.cold+0x198/0x17a2 [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic] sof_probe_work+0x7f/0x600 [snd_sof] process_one_work+0x17b/0x330 worker_thread+0x2ce/0x3f0 kthread+0xcf/0x100 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
kfence-#99: 0x00000000198a940f-0x00000000ace47d9d, size=64, cache=kmalloc-64
allocated by task 333 on cpu 8 at 17.798069s (130.453553s ago): devm_kmalloc+0x52/0x120 devm_kvasprintf+0x66/0xb0 devm_kasprintf+0x58/0x80 hda_machine_select.cold+0x198/0x17a2 [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic] sof_probe_work+0x7f/0x600 [snd_sof] process_one_work+0x17b/0x330 worker_thread+0x2ce/0x3f0 kthread+0xcf/0x100 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
freed by task 1543 on cpu 4 at 141.586686s (6.665010s ago): release_nodes+0x43/0xb0 devres_release_all+0x90/0xf0 device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70 device_release_driver_internal+0x1c1/0x200 driver_detach+0x48/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x6d/0xf0 pci_unregister_driver+0x42/0xb0 __do_sys_delete_module+0x1d1/0x310 do_syscall_64+0x82/0x190 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
Fix it by copying the match array with devm_kmemdup_array() before we modify it.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38056"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-18T10:15:38Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: Intel: hda: Fix UAF when reloading module\n\nhda_generic_machine_select() appends -idisp to the tplg filename by\nallocating a new string with devm_kasprintf(), then stores the string\nright back into the global variable snd_soc_acpi_intel_hda_machines.\nWhen the module is unloaded, this memory is freed, resulting in a global\nvariable pointing to freed memory. Reloading the module then triggers\na use-after-free:\n\nBUG: KFENCE: use-after-free read in string+0x48/0xe0\n\nUse-after-free read at 0x00000000967e0109 (in kfence-#99):\n string+0x48/0xe0\n vsnprintf+0x329/0x6e0\n devm_kvasprintf+0x54/0xb0\n devm_kasprintf+0x58/0x80\n hda_machine_select.cold+0x198/0x17a2 [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic]\n sof_probe_work+0x7f/0x600 [snd_sof]\n process_one_work+0x17b/0x330\n worker_thread+0x2ce/0x3f0\n kthread+0xcf/0x100\n ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nkfence-#99: 0x00000000198a940f-0x00000000ace47d9d, size=64, cache=kmalloc-64\n\nallocated by task 333 on cpu 8 at 17.798069s (130.453553s ago):\n devm_kmalloc+0x52/0x120\n devm_kvasprintf+0x66/0xb0\n devm_kasprintf+0x58/0x80\n hda_machine_select.cold+0x198/0x17a2 [snd_sof_intel_hda_generic]\n sof_probe_work+0x7f/0x600 [snd_sof]\n process_one_work+0x17b/0x330\n worker_thread+0x2ce/0x3f0\n kthread+0xcf/0x100\n ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nfreed by task 1543 on cpu 4 at 141.586686s (6.665010s ago):\n release_nodes+0x43/0xb0\n devres_release_all+0x90/0xf0\n device_unbind_cleanup+0xe/0x70\n device_release_driver_internal+0x1c1/0x200\n driver_detach+0x48/0x90\n bus_remove_driver+0x6d/0xf0\n pci_unregister_driver+0x42/0xb0\n __do_sys_delete_module+0x1d1/0x310\n do_syscall_64+0x82/0x190\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nFix it by copying the match array with devm_kmemdup_array() before we\nmodify it.",
"id": "GHSA-gj2x-phgq-7g9q",
"modified": "2025-06-18T12:30:33Z",
"published": "2025-06-18T12:30:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38056"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b49e68360eb6a1c03dc1642a51f7d9f6784c034"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd7f39fce0022b386ef1ea5ffef92ecc7dfc6af"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9670b2e81e8a3cbf2e1e757190dd0b920a9d43f"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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