# CVE-2026-31587: ASoC: qcom: q6apm: move component registration to unmanaged version

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Qualcomm ASoC driver allows attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-83795, BELL-CVE-2026-31587, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31587, GHSA-mp3r-6558-hvg8, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-31587, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-31587, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31587

## What is CVE-2026-31587?

CVE-2026-31587 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

ASoC: qcom: q6apm: move component registration to unmanaged version

q6apm component registers dais dynamically from ASoC toplology, which
are allocated using device managed version apis. Allocating both
component and dynamic dais using managed version could lead to incorrect
free ordering, dai will be freed while component still holding references
to it.

Fix this issue by moving component to unmanged version so
that the dai pointers are only freeded after the component is removed.

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in snd_soc_del_component_unlocked+0x3d4/0x400 [snd_soc_core]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff00084493a6e8 by task kworker/u48:0/3426
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: LENOVO 21N2ZC5PUS/21N2ZC5PUS, BIOS N42ET57W (1.31 ) 08/08/2024
Workqueue: pdr_notifier_wq pdr_notifier_work [pdr_interface]
Call trace:
 show_stack+0x28/0x7c (C)
 dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x80
 print_report+0x160/0x4b4
 kasan_report+0xac/0xfc
 __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x34
 snd_soc_del_component_unlocked+0x3d4/0x400 [snd_soc_core]
 snd_soc_unregister_component_by_driver+0x50/0x88 [snd_soc_core]
 devm_component_release+0x30/0x5c [snd_soc_core]
 devres_release_all+0x13c/0x210
 device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x190
 device_release_driver_internal+0x350/0x468
 device_release_driver+0x18/0x30
 bus_remove_device+0x1a0/0x35c
 device_del+0x314/0x7f0
 device_unregister+0x20/0xbc
 apr_remove_device+0x5c/0x7c [apr]
 device_for_each_child+0xd8/0x160
 apr_pd_status+0x7c/0xa8 [apr]
 pdr_notifier_work+0x114/0x240 [pdr_interface]
 process_one_work+0x500/0xb70
 worker_thread+0x630/0xfb0
 kthread+0x370/0x6c0
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Allocated by task 77:
 kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68
 kasan_save_track+0x20/0x40
 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x44/0x58
 __kasan_kmalloc+0xbc/0xdc
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x1f4/0x620
 devm_kmalloc+0x7c/0x1c8
 snd_soc_register_dai+0x50/0x4f0 [snd_soc_core]
 soc_tplg_pcm_elems_load+0x55c/0x1eb8 [snd_soc_core]
 snd_soc_tplg_component_load+0x4f8/0xb60 [snd_soc_core]
 audioreach_tplg_init+0x124/0x1fc [snd_q6apm]
 q6apm_audio_probe+0x10/0x1c [snd_q6apm]
 snd_soc_component_probe+0x5c/0x118 [snd_soc_core]
 soc_probe_component+0x44c/0xaf0 [snd_soc_core]
 snd_soc_bind_card+0xad0/0x2370 [snd_soc_core]
 snd_soc_register_card+0x3b0/0x4c0 [snd_soc_core]
 devm_snd_soc_register_card+0x50/0xc8 [snd_soc_core]
 x1e80100_platform_probe+0x208/0x368 [snd_soc_x1e80100]
 platform_probe+0xc0/0x188
 really_probe+0x188/0x804
 __driver_probe_device+0x158/0x358
 driver_probe_device+0x60/0x190
 __device_attach_driver+0x16c/0x2a8
 bus_for_each_drv+0x100/0x194
 __device_attach+0x174/0x380
 device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20
 bus_probe_device+0x124/0x154
 deferred_probe_work_func+0x140/0x220
 process_one_work+0x500/0xb70
 worker_thread+0x630/0xfb0
 kthread+0x370/0x6c0
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Freed by task 3426:
 kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68
 kasan_save_track+0x20/0x40
 __kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x80
 __kasan_slab_free+0x78/0xa0
 kfree+0x100/0x4a4
 devres_release_all+0x144/0x210
 device_unbind_cleanup+0x20/0x190
 device_release_driver_internal+0x350/0x468
 device_release_driver+0x18/0x30
 bus_remove_device+0x1a0/0x35c
 device_del+0x314/0x7f0
 device_unregister+0x20/0xbc
 apr_remove_device+0x5c/0x7c [apr]
 device_for_each_child+0xd8/0x160
 apr_pd_status+0x7c/0xa8 [apr]
 pdr_notifier_work+0x114/0x240 [pdr_interface]
 process_one_work+0x500/0xb70
 worker_thread+0x630/0xfb0
 kthread+0x370/0x6c0
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-31587?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-31587?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-31587 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-31587 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-31587 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31587 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31587/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31587/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31587
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31587
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-31587

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