Race Condition Affecting kernel-modules-internal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELMODULESINTERNAL-21040115
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-90116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-364  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-modules-internal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-internal package and not the kernel-modules-internal package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ALSA: mtpav: shut down output timer before card teardown

snd_mtpav_output_timer() rearms chip->timer while holding chip->spinlock and accesses the card-private mtpav state.

snd_mtpav_free() currently takes the same lock and calls timer_delete() when the timer is active. This only removes a pending timer; it does not wait for a callback that is already running and does not prevent the callback from rearming the timer.

A callback running on another CPU can therefore continue after snd_mtpav_free() releases the lock and access the card-private state while the card is being torn down. It can also rearm the timer after timer_delete() has returned.

Call timer_shutdown_sync() without holding chip->spinlock. This waits for any running callback to finish and prevents further rearming before the card-private mtpav state is released.

CVSS Base Scores

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