High severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53242
ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams
snd_pcm_drain() uses init_waitqueue_entry which does not clear
entry.prev/next, and add_wait_queue with a conditional
remove_wait_queue that is skipped when to_check is no longer
in the group after concurrent UNLINK. The orphaned wait entry
remains on the unlinked substream sleep queue. On the next
drain iteration, add_wait_queue adds the entry to a new queue
while still linked on the old one, corrupting both lists. A
subsequent wake_up dereferences NULL at the func pointer
(mapped from the spinlock at offset 0 of the misinterpreted
wait_queue_head_t), causing a kernel panic.
Replace init_waitqueue_entry/add_wait_queue/conditional
remove_wait_queue with init_wait_entry/prepare_to_wait/
finish_wait. init_wait_entry clears prev/next via
INIT_LIST_HEAD on each iteration and sets
autoremove_wake_function which auto-removes the entry on
wake-up. finish_wait safely handles both the already-removed
and still-queued cases.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.10.253 before 5.10.259; 6.1.167 before 6.1.176; 6.6.130 before 6.6.143; 6.12.78 before 6.12.94; 6.18.19 before 6.18.36; 6.19.9 before 7.0; +12 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
9baee36e8c5443411c4629afabafaff8a46a23fd before cac5bf3500ee6422cf64e0df0b5daeecfed42917; f2cb2e0d27fb925c73a78f0ce7d6dbf68d3747c1 before 06eca2235a3fd281dddf25b0a97772b25b5bb573; fc71f888994569f87d5bee20b1ac6c9c1e3a7a79 before d842f26a167e77a36f3ed333b9fa99d36ef99fe6; 629cf09464cf98670996ea5c191dc9743e6f3f00 before d68b621bb5a48051932f1017a6e1bc9b18f854d0; ae8f8d30d334bad5b1b3cdb1eb8a0b771f55e432 before b053fcd8912f06c30f932f5b8ec41c72de474695; 4a758e9a1f5ed722f83c4dd35f867fe811553bcb before cd98837db15f323463b8df07282ac723bd5c3fed; +10 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53242
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53242
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06eca2235a3fd281dddf25b0a97772b25b5bb573
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c71a9522555ff137a9ca36b15d759ca04d84788
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88fe2e3658726cb21ff2dcf9770bf672f9b9d31b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b053fcd8912f06c30f932f5b8ec41c72de474695
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac5bf3500ee6422cf64e0df0b5daeecfed42917
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd98837db15f323463b8df07282ac723bd5c3fed
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