Widget state corruption via double cleanup
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Reference-counting error in the Linux kernel SOF audio component allows attackers to corrupt internal widget state during failed setup. In sof_widget_setup_unlocked(), failures from tplg_ops->dai_config or widget_kcontrol_setup call sof_widget_free_unlocked() and then fall through to pipe_widget_free, decrementing use_count and invoking core_put() twice. The public record identifies no attacker-controlled input, required privilege, or resulting crash or other external impact.
Summary
What happened
Reference-counting error in the Linux kernel SOF audio component allows attackers to corrupt internal widget state during failed setup. In sof_widget_setup_unlocked(), failures from tplg_ops->dai_config or widget_kcontrol_setup call sof_widget_free_unlocked() and then fall through to pipe_widget_free, decrementing use_count and invoking core_put() twice. The public record identifies no attacker-controlled input, required privilege, or resulting crash or other external impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80911
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=31ed8da1c8e5e504710bb36863700e3389f8fc81 <8cba53b862e1437257ec206d303ff942684284f1
- Affected versionversion=31ed8da1c8e5e504710bb36863700e3389f8fc81 <c06995637f6a4667f2b540ac65315bfc8196a099
- Affected versionversion=31ed8da1c8e5e504710bb36863700e3389f8fc81 <d48691e70d4a9434b71039d4ed12bb0df4601acf
- Affected versionversion=31ed8da1c8e5e504710bb36863700e3389f8fc81 <e780e4917d43683224812400fe3dc4816fceba75
- Affected versionversion=3c124f09b7ff0434b076a8dec1ed446a6170b549 <b270ed327380428581bbcbd85707f62e942428d7
- Affected versionversion=6.6.13 <6.6.153
- Affected versionversion=6.7
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