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CVE-2025-23134
published 2025-04-16

CVE-2025-23134: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: Don't take register_mutex with copy_from/to_user() The infamous mmap_lock…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: Don't take register_mutex with copy_from/to_user() The infamous mmap_lock taken in copy_from/to_user() can be often problematic when it's called inside another mutex, as they might lead to deadlocks. In the case of ALSA timer code, the bad pattern is with guard(mutex)(®ister_mutex) that covers copy_from/to_user() -- which was mistakenly introduced at converting to guard(), and it had been carefully worked around in the past. This patch fixes those pieces simply by moving copy_from/to_user() out of the register mutex lock again.

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.25-1 (forky)linux 6.12.25-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a < 15291b561d8cc835a2eea76b394070cf8e07277115291b561d8cc835a2eea76b394070cf8e072771
linuxlinux>= 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a < 296f7a9e15aab276db11206cbc1e2ae1215d7862296f7a9e15aab276db11206cbc1e2ae1215d7862
linuxlinux>= 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a < b074f47e55df93832bbbca1b524c501e6fea1c0db074f47e55df93832bbbca1b524c501e6fea1c0d
linuxlinux>= 3923de04c81733b30b8ed667569632272fdfed9a < 3424c8f53bc63c87712a7fc22dc13d0cc85fb0d63424c8f53bc63c87712a7fc22dc13d0cc85fb0d6
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.25-16.12.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.25-16.12.25-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.14.0-22.226.14.0-22.22
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.13.116.13.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.14 < 6.14.26.14.2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.9 < 6.12.236.12.23
msrccbl2_kernel_5.10.78.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccm1_kernel_5.10.60.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_1.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.9MEDIUM
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu5.9MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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