Answer in brief
CVE-2026-68201 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=37745918e0e7575bc40f38da93a99b9fa6406224 <cd461bcfcdf8d6b6b5365941c1d3859f8bc77aa0 || >=37745918e0e7575bc40f38da93a99b9fa6406224 <426c0ff1c433d6030610ad4f9375746dfe931caa || >=37745918e0e7575bc40f38da93a99b9fa6406224 <2b298997786876b225cff2446e11a0fa6f602f6d || >=37745918e0e7575bc40f38da93a99b9fa6406224 <bdefe1346a8e6b8dc8593406dc2617e985fcbcab | cd461bcfcdf8d6b6b5365941c1d3859f8bc77aa0, 426c0ff1c433d6030610ad4f9375746dfe931caa, 2b298997786876b225cff2446e11a0fa6f602f6d, bdefe1346a8e6b8dc8593406dc2617e985fcbcab |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 10, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: timer: drain a slave's callback before its master detaches it snd_timer_close_locked() drains the closing instance's own in-flight callback (IFLG_CALLBACK) before freeing it, but not its slaves'. When a master instance is closed, remove_slave_links() clears each slave's ->timer; the slave's own close then reads timer == NULL and takes the branch that skips the drain entirely (snd_timer_stop_slave() also no-ops on a NULL timer). So a slave whose callback is still running when the master is closed is freed underneath the live callback, leading to use-after-free. Drain the slaves too before remove_slave_links() severs them. snd_timer_stop() has already taken this instance off the active list, so no new slave callback can be queued. Take the slaves off the ack list so a pending one can't fire either, then wait for any that is already in flight.
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