# CVE-2026-80971: ALSA: bcd2000: clear the URB pointers on disconnect

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in 9af08677aa57debaca5b57c8045c52a83d3dd376; from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in 5a77febac6faf6da40fbb4555f703eeb91b58130; from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in 3c00004f134fc819f9d9e202c6a64acde0a1f8d0; from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in 6c07aad8a7c9ef8ebc4d03a964b882123a349a2e; from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in eb482a06791d6168beb8c78cc904ac5a5ed96a55; from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in 7df3194bdb7479cad9199889655a566a2c0c1d1b; from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in b06ebc7fe25a6af4a9f6e4a3d4236a4178ad4b01; from b47a22290d581277be70e8a597824a4985d39e83, fixed in 459d3a64766f5ca2f1886daeaf24582831a5f5ab
- Linux: 3.16
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.16.0, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.109; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: bcd2000: clear the URB pointers on disconnect bcd2000_free_usb_related_resources() frees both URBs and leaves the pointers behind: usb_kill_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb); usb_kill_urb(bcd2k->midi_in_urb); usb_free_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb); usb_free_urb(bcd2k->midi_in_urb); The rawmidi device outlives that call. A substream that is still open when the device is unplugged reaches bcd2000_midi_send() from the trigger path on close. That function writes to the freed URB and then hands it to the USB core: bcd2k->midi_out_urb->transfer_buffer_length = BUFSIZE; ... ret = usb_submit_urb(bcd2k->midi_out_urb, GFP_ATOMIC); usb_kill_urb() does not stop a later submission either, so a submit that races the disconnect can requeue the URB after it has been reaped. midi_in_urb is exposed the same way: bcd2000_input_complete() resubmits it from the completion handler. KASAN on 7.2.0-rc5 (arm64): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bcd2000_midi_send [snd_bcd2000] Write of size 4 at addr ffff00001827d388 by task bpoc/168 __asan_store4 bcd2000_midi_send [snd_bcd2000] bcd2000_midi_output_trigger [snd_bcd2000] snd_rawmidi_kernel_write1 close_substream.part.0 Freed by task 168: usb_free_urb bcd2000_disconnect [snd_bcd2000] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in usb_submit_urb Read of size 8 at addr ffff00001827d3b8 by task bpoc/168 Clear both pointers after freeing and test them on the paths that can still run. Poison the URBs before freeing them: usb_poison_urb() waits for a running completion handler and rejects any later submission, so after it returns the input path is quiesced and only the rawmidi trigger path can still reach bcd2000_midi_send(). No unpoison is needed; the URBs are freed on the next line. Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af08677aa57debaca5b57c8045c52a83d3dd376
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a77febac6faf6da40fbb4555f703eeb91b58130
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c00004f134fc819f9d9e202c6a64acde0a1f8d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c07aad8a7c9ef8ebc4d03a964b882123a349a2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb482a06791d6168beb8c78cc904ac5a5ed96a55
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7df3194bdb7479cad9199889655a566a2c0c1d1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b06ebc7fe25a6af4a9f6e4a3d4236a4178ad4b01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/459d3a64766f5ca2f1886daeaf24582831a5f5ab

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