kernel/linux.git/sound/core/seq/seq_timer.c, branch v6.12.103

ALSA: seq: Fix division by zero in initialize_timer()

2026-08-09T18:23:12+00:00

commit 21e19688433452dfbbbe6b2bb670dea6eb92f0f6 upstream. A userspace-driven ALSA timer (SND_UTIMER) lets an unprivileged user set the backing snd_timer's hardware resolution to an arbitrary 64-bit value via SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_CREATE. snd_utimer_create() only rejects zero. When such a timer is bound to a sequencer queue, initialize_timer() computes the tick period as tmr->ticks = 1000000000 / (r * freq); where r is that user-controlled resolution and freq is the sequencer update rate in Hz, clamped to MIN_FREQUENCY..MAX_FREQUENCY (10..6250). A resolution of 2^63 makes the 64-bit product r * freq wrap to zero for any even freq, including DEFAULT_FREQUENCY (1000), so the division faults with a divide-by-zero. The division runs under tmr->lock with interrupts disabled, so the oops leaves the spinlock held and hangs the CPU. It is reachable by an unprivileged user with access to /dev/snd/timer and /dev/snd/seq. Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 7 UID: 1000 PID: 456 Comm: alsa_seq_utimer Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4+ RIP: 0010:initialize_timer.constprop.0+0x20a/0x2d0 snd_seq_timer_start+0x15e/0x2b0 snd_seq_control_queue+0x56f/0xba0 snd_seq_write+0x3e0/0x730 Reject an overflowing product with check_mul_overflow() and fall back to a single tick, which also avoids feeding a wrapped-but-nonzero divisor (e.g. 2^63 * 1000 mod 2^64 == 0, or other resolutions wrapping to a small value) into the period computation. Fixes: 37745918e0e7 ("ALSA: timer: Introduce virtual userspace-driven timers") Cc: Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8 Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei Link: https://patch.msgid.link/DF8A3844-AD5E-4B8A-9CFC-BD83C212BA38@doyensec.com Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ALSA: seq: close a re-opened queue timer in the destructor

2026-08-03T09:17:21+00:00

commit 2c4dc0ed50b05cd847a4b34b8cebf0775f19aeb9 upstream. 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 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/422FDB81-2A68-47C7-A22D-2D3301E2E86D@doyensec.com Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ALSA: seq: Add tempo base unit for MIDI2 Set Tempo messages

2024-07-06T07:38:27+00:00

MIDI2 Set Tempo message defines the tempo in 10ns unit for finer accuracy, while MIDI1 was defined in 1us unit. For adapting this different unit, introduce "tempo_base" field to snd_seq_queue_tempo struct so that user-space can pass the proper tempo base unit. The accepted value is limited, it must be either 0, 10 or 1000. The protocol version is bumped to 1.0.4 along with this. The access with the older protocol version ignores the tempo-base value in ioctls and always treats as 1000. Reviewed-by: Jaroslav Kysela Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240705160344.6481-1-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai

ALSA: seq: timer: Use guard() for locking

2024-02-28T14:01:21+00:00

We can simplify the code gracefully with new guard() macro and co for automatic cleanup of locks. Only the code refactoring, and no functional changes. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240227085306.9764-17-tiwai@suse.de

ALSA: seq: Fix race of snd_seq_timer_open()

2021-06-10T15:21:30+00:00

The timer instance per queue is exclusive, and snd_seq_timer_open() should have managed the concurrent accesses. It looks as if it's checking the already existing timer instance at the beginning, but it's not right, because there is no protection, hence any later concurrent call of snd_seq_timer_open() may override the timer instance easily. This may result in UAF, as the leftover timer instance can keep running while the queue itself gets closed, as spotted by syzkaller recently. For avoiding the race, add a proper check at the assignment of tmr->timeri again, and return -EBUSY if it's been already registered. Reported-by: syzbot+ddc1260a83ed1cbf6fb5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Cc: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/000000000000dce34f05c42f110c@google.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210610152059.24633-1-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai

ALSA: seq: Fix concurrent access to queue current tick/time

2020-02-14T14:53:09+00:00

snd_seq_check_queue() passes the current tick and time of the given queue as a pointer to snd_seq_prioq_cell_out(), but those might be updated concurrently by the seq timer update. Fix it by retrieving the current tick and time via the proper helper functions at first, and pass those values to snd_seq_prioq_cell_out() later in the loops. snd_seq_timer_get_cur_time() takes a new argument and adjusts with the current system time only when it's requested so; this update isn't needed for snd_seq_check_queue(), as it's called either from the interrupt handler or right after queuing. Also, snd_seq_timer_get_cur_tick() is changed to read the value in the spinlock for the concurrency, too. Reported-by: syzbot+fd5e0eaa1a32999173b2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200214111316.26939-3-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai

ALSA: seq: Fix racy access for queue timer in proc read

2020-01-15T20:38:18+00:00

snd_seq_info_timer_read() reads the information of the timer assigned for each queue, but it's done in a racy way which may lead to UAF as spotted by syzkaller. This patch applies the missing q->timer_mutex lock while accessing the timer object as well as a slight code change to adapt the standard coding style. Reported-by: syzbot+2b2ef983f973e5c40943@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Cc: Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200115203733.26530-1-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai

ALSA: timer: Fix possible race at assigning a timer instance

2019-11-08T13:52:44+00:00

When a new timer instance is created and assigned to the active link in snd_timer_open(), the caller still doesn't (can't) set its callback and callback data. In both the user-timer and the sequencer-timer code, they do manually set up the callbacks after calling snd_timer_open(). This has a potential risk of race when the timer instance is added to the already running timer target, as the callback might get triggered during setting up the callback itself. This patch tries to address it by changing the API usage slightly: - An empty timer instance is created at first via the new function snd_timer_instance_new(). This object isn't linked to the timer list yet. - The caller sets up the callbacks and others stuff for the new timer instance. - The caller invokes snd_timer_open() with this instance, so that it's linked to the target timer. For closing, do similarly: - Call snd_timer_close(). This unlinks the timer instance from the timer list. - Free the timer instance via snd_timer_instance_free() after that. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191107192008.32331-4-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai

treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156

2019-05-30T18:26:35+00:00

Based on 1 normalized pattern(s): this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at your option any later version this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but without any warranty without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose see the gnu general public license for more details you should have received a copy of the gnu general public license along with this program if not write to the free software foundation inc 59 temple place suite 330 boston ma 02111 1307 usa extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier GPL-2.0-or-later has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 1334 file(s). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Allison Randal Reviewed-by: Richard Fontana Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070033.113240726@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ALSA: seq: Avoid open-code for getting timer resolution

2018-05-18T06:49:13+00:00

Instead of open-coding for getting the timer resolution, use the standard snd_timer_resolution() helper. The original code falls back to the callback function when the resolution is zero, but it must be always so when the callback function is defined. So this should be no functional change. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai