Bug 2516795 (CVE-2026-74437) - CVE-2026-74437 kernel: media: uvcvideo: Fix deadlock if uvc_status_stop is called from async_ctrl.work
Summary: CVE-2026-74437 kernel: media: uvcvideo: Fix deadlock if uvc_status_stop is ca...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74437
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:33 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 09:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:33:51 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: uvcvideo: Fix deadlock if uvc_status_stop is called from async_ctrl.work

If a UVC camera has an asynchronous control, uvc_status_stop may be
called from async_ctrl.work:

uvc_ctrl_status_event_work()
    uvc_ctrl_status_event()
        uvc_ctrl_clear_handle()
	    uvc_pm_put()
	        uvc_status_put()
		    uvc_status_stop()
		        cancel_work_sync()

This will cause a deadlock, since cancel_work_sync will wait for
uvc_ctrl_status_event_work to complete before returning.

Fix this by returning early from uvc_status_stop if we are currently in
the work function. flush_status now remains false until uvc_status_start
is called again, ensuring that uvc_ctrl_status_event_work won't resubmit
the URB.


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