CVE-2026-68201 ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it sndtimercloselocked drains the closing instance's own in-flight callback IFLGCALLBACK before freeing it, but not its slaves'. When a master instance is closed,...

CVE-2026-68201

The CVE-2026-68201 issue affects the Linux kernel ALSA timer: when closing a master timer, a slave’s in-flight callback may run after detach, causing use-after-free. The fix drains slave callbacks before removing slave links, and stops pending/active callbacks on the slave side before freeing. Th...