CVE-2026-74437

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

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
Aug 15, 2026

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Description

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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Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • a32d9c41bdb86e09ce731aa5fd3add89ac2103a5 to before 3659deaf7bf690510899a73906b772740d94342cAffected
  • a32d9c41bdb86e09ce731aa5fd3add89ac2103a5 to before 7f6c5fe1633272c926361b73d83dfc6ae01b1504Affected
  • a32d9c41bdb86e09ce731aa5fd3add89ac2103a5 to before 6d27f92c54ce28cfbd2a8a479a96d6f4a781b7d2Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.16Affected
  • before 6.16Not affected
  • 6.18.40 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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