Code: int snd_card_new(struct device *parent, int idx, const char *xid,
		    struct module *module, int extra_size,
		    struct snd_card **card_ret)
{
	struct snd_card *card;
	int err;

	if (snd_BUG_ON(!card_ret))
		return -EINVAL;
	*card_ret = NULL;

	if (extra_size < 0)
		extra_size = 0;
	card = kzalloc(sizeof(*card) + extra_size, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!card)
		return -ENOMEM;
	if (extra_size > 0)
		card->private_data = (char *)card + sizeof(struct snd_card);
	if (xid)
		strlcpy(card->id, xid, sizeof(card->id));
	err = 0;
	mutex_lock(&snd_card_mutex);
	if (idx < 0) /* first check the matching module-name slot */
		idx = get_slot_from_bitmask(idx, module_slot_match, module);
	if (idx < 0) /* if not matched, assign an empty slot */
		idx = get_slot_from_bitmask(idx, check_empty_slot, module);
	if (idx < 0)
		err = -ENODEV;
	else if (idx < snd_ecards_limit) {
		if (test_bit(idx, snd_cards_lock))
			err = -EBUSY;	/* invalid */
	} else if (idx >= SNDRV_CARDS)
		err = -ENODEV;
	if (err < 0) {
		mutex_unlock(&snd_card_mutex);
		dev_err(parent, "cannot find the slot for index %d (range 0-%i), error: %d\n",
			 idx, snd_ecards_limit - 1, err);
		kfree(card);
		return err;
	}
	set_bit(idx, snd_cards_lock);		/* lock it */
	if (idx >= snd_ecards_limit)
		snd_ecards_limit = idx + 1; /* increase the limit */
	mutex_unlock(&snd_card_mutex);
	card->dev = parent;
	card->number = idx;
	card->module = module;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->devices);
 	init_rwsem(&card->controls_rwsem);
 	rwlock_init(&card->ctl_files_rwlock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->controls);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->ctl_files);
 	spin_lock_init(&card->files_lock);
	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->files_list);
#ifdef CONFIG_PM
	mutex_init(&card->power_lock);
	init_waitqueue_head(&card->power_sleep);
#endif

	device_initialize(&card->card_dev);
	card->card_dev.parent = parent;
	card->card_dev.class = sound_class;
	card->card_dev.release = release_card_device;
	card->card_dev.groups = card_dev_attr_groups;
	err = kobject_set_name(&card->card_dev.kobj, "card%d", idx);
	if (err < 0)
		goto __error;

	/* the control interface cannot be accessed from the user space until */
	/* snd_cards_bitmask and snd_cards are set with snd_card_register */
	err = snd_ctl_create(card);
	if (err < 0) {
		dev_err(parent, "unable to register control minors\n");
		goto __error;
	}
	err = snd_info_card_create(card);
	if (err < 0) {
		dev_err(parent, "unable to create card info\n");
		goto __error_ctl;
	}
	*card_ret = card;
	return 0;

      __error_ctl:
	snd_device_free_all(card);
      __error:
	put_device(&card->card_dev);
  	return err;
}

Vulnerability Type: +Info 
CWE ID: CWE-362
Summary: Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
Commit Message: ALSA: control: Protect user controls against concurrent access

The user-control put and get handlers as well as the tlv do not protect against
concurrent access from multiple threads. Since the state of the control is not
updated atomically it is possible that either two write operations or a write
and a read operation race against each other. Both can lead to arbitrary memory
disclosure. This patch introduces a new lock that protects user-controls from
concurrent access. Since applications typically access controls sequentially
than in parallel a single lock per card should be fine.

Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
Acked-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>