CVE-2026-53242

Technical 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

wa

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References