CVE-2022-49272

CVE-2022-49272 affects the Linux kernel in ALSA: pcm code. The root cause is a potential AB/BA deadlock between PCM runtime→buffer_mutex and mm→mmap_lock triggered by concurrent access via ALSA and OSS during read/write and mmap/path IOCTLs. The fix replaces the buffer_mutex protection in read/wr...

CVE-2022-49272 ALSA: pcm: Fix potential AB/BA lock with buffer_mutex and mmap_lock

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: pcm: Fix potential AB/BA lock with buffermutex and mmaplock syzbot caught a potential deadlock between the PCM runtime-buffermutex and the mm-mmaplock. It was brought by the recent fix to cover the racy read/write and other...