# CVE-2022-50229: ALSA: bcd2000: Fix a UAF bug on the error path of probing

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: bcd2000: Fix a UAF bug on the error path of probing When the driver fails in snd_card_register() at probe time, it will free the 'bcd2k->midi_out_urb' before killing it, which may cause a UAF bug. The following log can reveal it: [ 50.727020] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in bcd2000_input_complete+0x1f1/0x2e0 [snd_bcd2000] [ 50.727623] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810fab0e88 by task swapper/4/0 [ 50.729530] Call Trace: [ 50.732899] bcd2000_input_complete+0x1f1/0x2e0 [snd_bcd2000] Fix this by adding usb_kill_urb() before usb_free_urb().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a718eba7e458e2f40531be3c6b6a0028ca7fcace
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fc41f7ebb7efca282f1740ea934d16f33c1d109
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e7338f4dd92b2f8915a82abfa1dd3ad3464bea0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05e0bb8c3c4dde3e21b9c1cf9395afb04e8b24db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/348620464a5c127399ac09b266f494f393661952
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ca7f50ad96c2c65ae390b954925a36eabe04aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d6a246cf97c380f2da76591f03019dd9c9599c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0d4af0a4763ddc02344789ef2a281c494bc330d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb2759df7efbc00187bfd9d1072434a13a54139

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