Linux Kernel up to 7.2.5 ASoC rt700_sdw_remove race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 7.2.5. The impacted element is the function rt700_sdw_remove of the component ASoC. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-93185. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.2.5. This affects the function rt700_sdw_remove of the component ASoC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: rt700-sdw: always drain jack work on remove rt700_sdw_remove() drains jack_detect_work and jack_btn_check_work only when rt700->hw_init is true. That state bit is cleared by rt700_update_status() when the SoundWire slave becomes UNATTACHED, but a jack work item can already have been queued by rt700_interrupt_callback() or rt700_jack_init() while the device was initialized. Do not use hw_init as the remove-time guard for draining these work objects. The delayed works are initialized during rt700_init(), so remove can cancel them unconditionally and pair the object lifetime with the codec-private data lifetime instead of a mutable hardware state bit. This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual review of the SoundWire status, interrupt and remove paths. The remove path should drain work based on whether the work object exists, not on a runtime hardware state bit that can change after the work was queued. A QEMU PoC queued jack_detect_work, simulated SDW_SLAVE_UNATTACHED, and then entered remove. DEBUG_OBJECTS reported an active timer/work object associated with the rt700 jack work path after remove skipped the cancel. This is sent as an RFC because the practical trigger depends on SoundWire core remove ordering after an UNATTACHED status update. If remove cannot run after hw_init has been cleared while jack work is still pending, this is a defensive lifecycle cleanup rather than a reachable race on current systems.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-93185 since 09/17/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/18/2026).

Upgrading to version 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6 or 7.3-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch f1e21b7b977f5ae2955ecf3ab144da2578a4fe00/b81c2131dbb6fe04e27841bc719977c106177c61/1bb23c9d68312e77cec81bdfb2cc385e2d2960f7/45fcf435ffcc5f61a43bd9b19094dc52de6cbc05/1e8fddab6cbe536dd02e61205e4b9bf97df6479b/a47f087877bb2bc57c3ccb714fc49abf45d28e12/612ccf42acd14bb2685fa60c3495ca13e63e8989 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.220
• 6.1.187
• 6.6.156
• 6.12.109
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
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• 6.18.47
• 6.18.48
• 6.18.49
• 6.18.50
• 6.18.51
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Kernel 5.15.221/6.1.188/6.6.157/6.12.110/6.18.52/7.2.6/7.3-rc1
Patch: f1e21b7b977f5ae2955ecf3ab144da2578a4fe00/b81c2131dbb6fe04e27841bc719977c106177c61/1bb23c9d68312e77cec81bdfb2cc385e2d2960f7/45fcf435ffcc5f61a43bd9b19094dc52de6cbc05/1e8fddab6cbe536dd02e61205e4b9bf97df6479b/a47f087877bb2bc57c3ccb714fc49abf45d28e12/612ccf42acd14bb2685fa60c3495ca13e63e8989

Timelineinfo

09/17/2026 CVE reserved
09/17/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/18/2026 +0 days Advisory disclosed
09/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kernel.org

Advisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-93185 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-93185
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-407271

Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2026 00:12
Changes: 09/18/2026 00:12 (59)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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