From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10 167/235] ALSA: seq: close a re-opened queue timer in the destructor
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:56:43 +0200
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5.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>

[ Upstream commit 2c4dc0ed50b05cd847a4b34b8cebf0775f19aeb9 ]

queue_delete() closes the queue timer, then frees it. snd_seq_timer_close()
clears q->timer->timeri. snd_use_lock_sync() then drains borrowers, and
snd_seq_timer_delete() frees q->timer.

A borrower can re-open the timer inside that window. A SET_QUEUE_CLIENT
that took a queueptr() use_lock reference before the queue was unlinked
runs snd_seq_timer_open() after the close. Open refuses re-open only while
timeri is set, and the close just cleared it, so it re-opens timeri.

snd_seq_timer_delete() does not close that instance. Its snd_seq_timer_stop()
is a no-op, because running was cleared first. So it frees q->timer with the
instance still live. The queue is freed next.

The instance stays on the global timer with callback_data pointing at the
freed queue. A non-owner START on the unlocked queue arms it. The next tick
derefs the freed queue in snd_seq_timer_interrupt().

Reachable by an unprivileged user with access to /dev/snd/seq. No CAP and
no queue ownership required.

Close any lingering instance in the destructor. There, ->timeri can no
longer change: the queue is unlinked and all use_lock borrowers have
drained, so no snd_seq_queue_use() can re-open it. Close it before clearing
q->timer. snd_timer_close() waits for any in-flight snd_seq_timer_interrupt()
to finish, and that callback still reads q->timer (via snd_seq_check_queue()),
so q->timer must stay valid until it drains.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/422FDB81-2A68-47C7-A22D-2D3301E2E86D@doyensec.com
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
[ replaced scoped_guard(spinlock_irq, &t->lock) with explicit spin_lock_irq()/spin_unlock_irq() pair since gnu89-compiled 5.15 rejects the macro's for-loop declarations ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c |   13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c
@@ -58,12 +58,23 @@ struct snd_seq_timer *snd_seq_timer_new(
 void snd_seq_timer_delete(struct snd_seq_timer **tmr)
 {
 	struct snd_seq_timer *t = *tmr;
-	*tmr = NULL;
+	struct snd_timer_instance *ti;
 
 	if (t == NULL) {
 		pr_debug("ALSA: seq: snd_seq_timer_delete() called with NULL timer\n");
 		return;
 	}
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&t->lock);
+	ti = t->timeri;
+	t->timeri = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&t->lock);
+	if (ti) {
+		snd_timer_close(ti);
+		snd_timer_instance_free(ti);
+	}
+
+	*tmr = NULL;
 	t->running = 0;
 
 	/* reset time */