Bug 2468089 (CVE-2026-43290)

Summary: CVE-2026-43290 kernel: media: uvcvideo: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `uvcvideo` module. This vulnerability occurs when the `start_streaming()` function fails to return queued buffers due to an error in `uvc_pm_get()`. A local attacker could potentially trigger this condition, leading to system instability or a denial of service (DoS) by causing the USB host controller to fail and disconnect USB devices. This issue can result in unexpected system behavior and disruption of normal operations.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 14:03:57 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: uvcvideo: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure

Return buffers if streaming fails to start due to uvc_pm_get() error.

This bug may be responsible for a warning I got running

    while :; do yavta -c3 /dev/video0; done

on an xHCI controller which failed under this workload.
I had no luck reproducing this warning again to confirm.

xhci_hcd 0000:09:00.0: HC died; cleaning up
usb 13-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 29386 at drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c:1803 vb2_start_streaming+0xac/0x120