{"cve":"CVE-2026-53242","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-25T09:16:42.140","modified":"2026-10-19T20:19:11.967","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams\n\nsnd_pcm_drain() uses init_waitqueue_entry which does not clear\nentry.prev/next, and add_wait_queue with a conditional\nremove_wait_queue that is skipped when to_check is no longer\nin the group after concurrent UNLINK.  The orphaned wait entry\nremains on the unlinked substream sleep queue.  On the next\ndrain iteration, add_wait_queue adds the entry to a new queue\nwhile still linked on the old one, corrupting both lists.  A\nsubsequent wake_up dereferences NULL at the func pointer\n(mapped from the spinlock at offset 0 of the misinterpreted\nwait_queue_head_t), causing a kernel panic.\n\nReplace init_waitqueue_entry/add_wait_queue/conditional\nremove_wait_queue with init_wait_entry/prepare_to_wait/\nfinish_wait.  init_wait_entry clears prev/next via\nINIT_LIST_HEAD on each iteration and sets\nautoremove_wake_function which auto-removes the entry on\nwake-up.  finish_wait safely handles both the already-removed\nand still-queued cases.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-476","CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06eca2235a3fd281dddf25b0a97772b25b5bb573","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c71a9522555ff137a9ca36b15d759ca04d84788","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88fe2e3658726cb21ff2dcf9770bf672f9b9d31b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b053fcd8912f06c30f932f5b8ec41c72de474695","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac5bf3500ee6422cf64e0df0b5daeecfed42917"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53242","score":0.00102,"percentile":0.00918,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}