In ALSA timer core, the active timer instance is managed in
active_list linked list. Each element is added / removed dynamically
at timer start, stop and in timer interrupt. The problem is that
snd_timer_interrupt() has a thinko and leaves the element in
active_list when it's the last opened element. This eventually leads
to list corruption or use-after-free error.
This hasn't been revealed because we used to delete the list forcibly
in snd_timer_stop() in the past. However, the recent fix avoids the
double-stop behavior (in commit [
f784beb75ce8: ALSA: timer: Fix link
corruption due to double start or stop]), and this leak hits reality.
This patch fixes the link management in snd_timer_interrupt(). Now it
simply unlinks no matter which stream is.
BugLink: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CACT4Y+Yy2aukHP-EDp8-ziNqNNmb-NTf=jDWXMP7jB8HDa2vng@mail.gmail.com
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
ti->cticks = ti->ticks;
} else {
ti->flags &= ~SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_RUNNING;
- if (--timer->running)
- list_del_init(&ti->active_list);
+ --timer->running;
+ list_del_init(&ti->active_list);
}
if ((timer->hw.flags & SNDRV_TIMER_HW_TASKLET) ||
(ti->flags & SNDRV_TIMER_IFLG_FAST))