* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Prevent O_APPEND open on OSS streams" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
@ 2026-11-10 1:14 Sasha Levin
2026-11-13 1:16 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] ALSA: pcm: Optimize cpu_latency_qos_*() calls Sasha Levin
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From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-10 1:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: tiwai, treebacker; +Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9017bc3d13da0ea4e63be618c87143a7b69185e6
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261109201441-failed-6.6-9017bc3d13da@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 9017bc3d13da0ea4e63be618c87143a7b69185e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 16:58:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Prevent O_APPEND open on OSS streams
ALSA PCM core accepts to re-use the existing stream when O_APPEND is
passed, and it's been used for dmix, etc. However, this mode isn't
supposed to be used for OSS: the OSS stream allows re-configuration
via its hw_params/hw_refine procedure even while it's being mmapped,
so it implies the usage of only a single stream. Because of this
assumption, the sanity check is skipped for OSS streams, and if user
may attach to an existing OSS stream with O_APPEND, it may result in a
UAF of the mapped pages which could be used as a privilege escalation
exploit.
For addressing it, this patch simply prohibits the O_APPEND behavior
on the OSS stream. O_APPEND is never used for OSS layer itself, so
this can't break for the right applications.
Fixes: 0df63e44c3e3 ("[ALSA] Add O_APPEND flag support to PCM")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Bo Cao <treebacker@foxmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/tencent_E90BB4F086165FAA3313723567A5C675EA06@qq.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261103155844.120838-1-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
---
sound/core/pcm.c | 2 ++
sound/core/pcm_local.h | 6 ++++++
sound/core/pcm_native.c | 6 ------
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm.c b/sound/core/pcm.c
index 064df4cd3b50e..6c8274414c226 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm.c
@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ int snd_pcm_attach_substream(struct snd_pcm *pcm, int stream,
return -ENODEV;
if (! SUBSTREAM_BUSY(substream))
return -EBADFD;
+ if (is_oss_stream(substream))
+ return -EINVAL;
substream->ref_count++;
*rsubstream = substream;
return 0;
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_local.h b/sound/core/pcm_local.h
index ecb21697ae3a4..4b134d435c24f 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_local.h
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_local.h
@@ -80,4 +80,10 @@ static inline void snd_pcm_dma_buffer_sync(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
snd_dma_buffer_sync(snd_pcm_get_dma_buf(substream), mode);
}
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS)
+#define is_oss_stream(substream) ((substream)->oss.oss)
+#else
+#define is_oss_stream(substream) false
+#endif
+
#endif /* __SOUND_CORE_PCM_LOCAL_H */
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 35152fae74ca2..bec797398acf7 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -749,12 +749,6 @@ int snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence);
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS)
-#define is_oss_stream(substream) ((substream)->oss.oss)
-#else
-#define is_oss_stream(substream) false
-#endif
-
static void pcm_qos_req_clear(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
{
if (cpu_latency_qos_request_active(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req))
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] ALSA: pcm: Optimize cpu_latency_qos_*() calls
2026-11-10 1:14 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ALSA: pcm: Prevent O_APPEND open on OSS streams" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree Sasha Levin
@ 2026-11-13 1:16 ` Sasha Levin
2026-11-13 1:16 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] ALSA: pcm: Prevent O_APPEND open on OSS streams Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-13 1:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Takashi Iwai, Sasha Levin
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
[ Upstream commit 9f6f4e97fd53908aecb0979507d9ff10a22288eb ]
We have a few cpu_latency_qos_*() calls in PCM callbacks, but they
seem suboptimal in a few aspects:
- We call them at each time when the hw_params changed, but explicitly
do remove and (re-)add; this could be
cpu_latency_qos_update_request(), instead
- The setup of cpu_latency_qos_*() doesn't have to be in hw_params at
all; it's not the place where the actual parameters are set up, but
rather better at the prepare callback.
- The hw_free calls cpu_latency_qos_remove_request() unconditionally,
which may be poking a WARNING when it wasn't queued.
For addressing the issues above, this patch cleans up and reorganize
the cpu_latency_qos_*() calls in the PCM core by a couple helper
functions. Now, they are set up at prepare callback, and cleared at
hw_free and release callbacks via the new helpers.
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261002150420.879056-1-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Stable-dep-of: 9017bc3d13da ("ALSA: pcm: Prevent O_APPEND open on OSS streams")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
sound/core/pcm_native.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 4b570d8aa80eb..989e822c1059c 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -726,11 +726,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence);
#define is_oss_stream(substream) false
#endif
+static void pcm_qos_req_clear(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
+{
+ if (cpu_latency_qos_request_active(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req))
+ cpu_latency_qos_remove_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req);
+}
+
+static void pcm_qos_req_update(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int usecs)
+{
+ if (usecs < 0) {
+ pcm_qos_req_clear(substream);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (cpu_latency_qos_request_active(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req))
+ cpu_latency_qos_update_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req,
+ usecs);
+ else
+ cpu_latency_qos_add_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req,
+ usecs);
+}
+
static int snd_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params)
{
struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime;
- int err, usecs;
+ int err;
unsigned int bits;
snd_pcm_uframes_t frames;
@@ -837,12 +858,6 @@ static int snd_pcm_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
snd_pcm_timer_resolution_change(substream);
snd_pcm_set_state(substream, SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP);
- if (cpu_latency_qos_request_active(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req))
- cpu_latency_qos_remove_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req);
- usecs = period_to_usecs(runtime);
- if (usecs >= 0)
- cpu_latency_qos_add_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req,
- usecs);
err = 0;
_error:
if (err) {
@@ -921,7 +936,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_hw_free(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
goto unlock;
result = do_hw_free(substream);
snd_pcm_set_state(substream, SNDRV_PCM_STATE_OPEN);
- cpu_latency_qos_remove_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req);
+ pcm_qos_req_clear(substream);
unlock:
snd_pcm_buffer_access_unlock(runtime);
return result;
@@ -1976,6 +1991,7 @@ static int snd_pcm_do_prepare(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
err = substream->ops->prepare(substream);
if (err < 0)
return err;
+ pcm_qos_req_update(substream, period_to_usecs(substream->runtime));
return snd_pcm_do_reset(substream, state);
}
@@ -2750,8 +2766,7 @@ void snd_pcm_release_substream(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
substream->ops->close(substream);
substream->hw_opened = 0;
}
- if (cpu_latency_qos_request_active(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req))
- cpu_latency_qos_remove_request(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req);
+ pcm_qos_req_clear(substream);
if (substream->pcm_release) {
substream->pcm_release(substream);
substream->pcm_release = NULL;
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] ALSA: pcm: Prevent O_APPEND open on OSS streams
2026-11-13 1:16 ` [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] ALSA: pcm: Optimize cpu_latency_qos_*() calls Sasha Levin
@ 2026-11-13 1:16 ` Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-13 1:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Takashi Iwai, Bo Cao, Sasha Levin
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
[ Upstream commit 9017bc3d13da0ea4e63be618c87143a7b69185e6 ]
ALSA PCM core accepts to re-use the existing stream when O_APPEND is
passed, and it's been used for dmix, etc. However, this mode isn't
supposed to be used for OSS: the OSS stream allows re-configuration
via its hw_params/hw_refine procedure even while it's being mmapped,
so it implies the usage of only a single stream. Because of this
assumption, the sanity check is skipped for OSS streams, and if user
may attach to an existing OSS stream with O_APPEND, it may result in a
UAF of the mapped pages which could be used as a privilege escalation
exploit.
For addressing it, this patch simply prohibits the O_APPEND behavior
on the OSS stream. O_APPEND is never used for OSS layer itself, so
this can't break for the right applications.
Fixes: 0df63e44c3e3 ("[ALSA] Add O_APPEND flag support to PCM")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Bo Cao <treebacker@foxmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/tencent_E90BB4F086165FAA3313723567A5C675EA06@qq.com
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261103155844.120838-1-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
sound/core/pcm.c | 2 ++
sound/core/pcm_local.h | 6 ++++++
sound/core/pcm_native.c | 6 ------
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm.c b/sound/core/pcm.c
index 6d0c9c37796c2..af5bfb86656fd 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm.c
@@ -933,6 +933,8 @@ int snd_pcm_attach_substream(struct snd_pcm *pcm, int stream,
return -ENODEV;
if (! SUBSTREAM_BUSY(substream))
return -EBADFD;
+ if (is_oss_stream(substream))
+ return -EINVAL;
substream->ref_count++;
*rsubstream = substream;
return 0;
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_local.h b/sound/core/pcm_local.h
index ecb21697ae3a4..4b134d435c24f 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_local.h
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_local.h
@@ -80,4 +80,10 @@ static inline void snd_pcm_dma_buffer_sync(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
snd_dma_buffer_sync(snd_pcm_get_dma_buf(substream), mode);
}
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS)
+#define is_oss_stream(substream) ((substream)->oss.oss)
+#else
+#define is_oss_stream(substream) false
+#endif
+
#endif /* __SOUND_CORE_PCM_LOCAL_H */
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 989e822c1059c..42570787e815d 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -720,12 +720,6 @@ int snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence(struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_pcm_runtime_buffer_set_silence);
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS)
-#define is_oss_stream(substream) ((substream)->oss.oss)
-#else
-#define is_oss_stream(substream) false
-#endif
-
static void pcm_qos_req_clear(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
{
if (cpu_latency_qos_request_active(&substream->latency_pm_qos_req))
--
2.53.0
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