ALSA: core: Fix potential UAF after asynchronous card release

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Usually a sound driver releases the resources assigned to the card via
snd_card_free(), and it synchronizes with the whole release procedure.
However, when the card is released asynchronously via
snd_card_free_when_closed() like USB-audio driver, the situation is
slightly different; although the snd_card_disconnect() call at the
disconnection guarantees that any newer accesses will be gated, the
in-flight tasks might be still accessing to the underlying card->dev
device even after the disconnection, which would cause a
use-after-free in the end, as reported by fuzzers.

For addressing the bug above, this patch takes the refcount of
card->dev at initialization of the card object, and releases at its
destructor.   This assures the availability of the card->dev in its
whole lifecycle.

Reported-by: Farhad Alemi <farhad.alemi@berkeley.edu>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CA+0ovChexj4TrZL_2iG_P0WBEbZc5+73GfB3DkciQi=R8pZOnA@mail.gmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/CA+0ovCgQUQNN=Z1tJTouiCsDaXR5M-3-SQEGk-cpPXQkM5Xh+w@mail.gmail.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260912162150.455144-1-tiwai@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

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