Answer in brief
CVE-2026-43290 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in media: uvcvideo: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=7dd56c47784a466b03df62ca766207f483353cdc <69c32df23bed6001864779b965fa009bcd9a26de || >=7dd56c47784a466b03df62ca766207f483353cdc <a5c01f15809d1d2c319d8bfb11d071df11ab731c || >=7dd56c47784a466b03df62ca766207f483353cdc <4cf3b6fd54ebb1ebc977bdc47fb6cfcf9a471a22 | 69c32df23bed6001864779b965fa009bcd9a26de, a5c01f15809d1d2c319d8bfb11d071df11ab731c, 4cf3b6fd54ebb1ebc977bdc47fb6cfcf9a471a22 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.17 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
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
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