CVE-2026-53193

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53193DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53193CGA-2gcg-vqqp-3wvcCGA-47vp-f436-vj54CGA-9vwm-8ff3-3q4wCGA-fm2r-3v6h-j73jCGA-h4wq-8ccg-4gr5CGA-hc5m-w75x-362mCGA-hw93-fp9c-9f59CGA-mrwv-q535-33q2CGA-qvpf-fq34-58chCGA-r38m-jgj2-35p8CGA-vgg2-f4q3-8ggfCGA-wfg2-9q2m-3jj2
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Analyzed
Published: 25 Jun 2026, 08:39
Last modified:05 Aug 2026, 12:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.18% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Jun 2026, 08:39
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2026, 12:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: Forcibly close timer instances at closing When snd_timer object is freed via snd_timer_free() and still pending snd_timer_instance objects are assigned to the timer object, it tries to unlink all instances and just set NULL to each ti->timer, then releases the resources immediately. The problem is, however, when there are slave timer instances that are associated with a master instance linked to this timer: namely, those slave instances still point to the freed timer object although the master instance is unlinked, which may lead to user-after-free. The bug can be easily triggered particularly when a new userspace-driven timers (CONFIG_SND_UTIMER) is involved, since it can create and delete the timer object via a simple file open/close, while the other applications may keep accessing to that timer. This patch is an attempt to paper over the problem above: now instead of just unlinking, call snd_timer_close[_locked]() forcibly for each pending timer instance, so that all assigned slave timer instances are properly detached, too. Since snd_timer_close() might be called later by the driver that created that instance, the check of SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_DEAD is added at the beginning, too.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.18%• Percentile: 7%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • chainguard•linux-aws-6.12

    < 6.12.95-r0

  • chainguard•linux-aws-6.18

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • chainguard•linux-azure-6.18

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • chainguard•linux-gcp-6.12

    < 6.12.95-r0

  • chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installed

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • chainguard•linux-qemu-6.12

    < 6.12.95-r0

  • chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installed

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • chainguard•linux-qemu-melange

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • chainguard•linux-vmware-6.12

    < 6.12.95-r0

  • chainguard•linux-vmware-6.18

    < 6.18.38-r0

  • debian•linux

    < 6.12.94-1 | < 7.0.13-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    all | all | < 7.0.0-31.31

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    all | all | < 7.0.0-1012.12

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-7.0

    all | < 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all | all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-7.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all | all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-7.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all | all | all | < 7.0.0-1011.11

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

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References (16)