CVE-2025-38078

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: pcm: Fix race of buffer access at PCM OSS layer

The PCM OSS layer tries to clear the buffer with the silence data at
initialization (or reconfiguration) of a stream with the explicit call
of snd_pcm_format_set_silence() with runtime->dma_area.  But this may
lead to a UAF because the accessed runtime->dma_area might be freed
concurrently, as it's performed outside the PCM ops.

For avoiding it, move the code into the PCM core and perform it inside
the buffer access lock, so that it won't be changed during the
operation.
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This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 8%
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jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-oem-5.13
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
dne
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-5.14
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
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jammy
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focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-5.17
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-6.0
plucky
dne
oracular
dne
noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-6.1
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-6.5
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-6.8
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-6.11
plucky
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oracular
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noble
needed
jammy
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focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-oem-6.14
plucky
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oracular
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noble
needed
jammy
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focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-raspi2
plucky
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oracular
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noble
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jammy
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focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
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trusty
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linux-raspi-5.4
plucky
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noble
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jammy
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focal
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bionic
ignored
xenial
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trusty
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linux-raspi-realtime
plucky
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noble
needed
jammy
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focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-riscv
plucky
needed
oracular
ignored
noble
ignored
jammy
ignored
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-riscv-5.8
plucky
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noble
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jammy
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focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-riscv-5.11
plucky
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noble
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jammy
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focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-riscv-5.15
plucky
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noble
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jammy
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focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-riscv-5.19
plucky
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noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
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bionic
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xenial
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linux-riscv-6.5
plucky
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oracular
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noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-riscv-6.8
plucky
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noble
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jammy
needed
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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linux-starfive-5.19
plucky
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noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-starfive-6.2
plucky
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oracular
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noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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linux-starfive-6.5
plucky
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noble
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jammy
ignored
focal
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bionic
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xenial
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trusty
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linux-xilinx-zynqmp
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
dne
jammy
needed
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
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linux
plucky
needed
oracular
ignored
noble
needed
jammy
pending
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
linux-aws
plucky
needed
oracular
ignored
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
ignored
linux-oracle
plucky
needed
oracular
ignored
noble
needed
jammy
pending
focal
ignored
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
trusty
dne
linux-raspi
plucky
needed
oracular
ignored
noble
needed
jammy
pending
focal
ignored
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-realtime
plucky
needed
oracular
ignored
noble
needed
jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
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linux-intel
plucky
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oracular
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-riscv-6.14
plucky
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oracular
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noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-ibm-6.8
plucky
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oracular
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noble
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jammy
needed
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
dne
linux-aws-6.14
plucky
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noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-gcp-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-hwe-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
dne
linux-oracle-6.14
plucky
dne
noble
needed
jammy
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focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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