CVE-2026-68217
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pwc: Drain fill_buf on start_streaming() failure pwc_isoc_init() submits its isochronous URBs with usb_submit_urb(.., GFP_KERNEL) in a loop. After the first URB is submitted, its completion handler pwc_isoc_handler() can run on another CPU before the loop finishes: start_streaming() pwc_isoc_init() usb_submit_urb(urbs[0], GFP_KERNEL) pwc_isoc_handler(urbs[0]) pdev->fill_buf = pwc_get_next_fill_buf(pdev) usb_submit_urb(urbs[i>0], ..) -> fails pwc_isoc_cleanup(pdev) /* kills URBs */ return ret; pwc_cleanup_queued_bufs(pdev, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED) pwc_get_next_fill_buf() detaches a buffer from pdev->queued_bufs and stores it in pdev->fill_buf. The error path in start_streaming() only drains pdev->queued_bufs, so the buffer parked in pdev->fill_buf is leaked. vb2_start_streaming() then triggers WARN_ON(owned_by_drv_count). stop_streaming() already handles this since commit 80b0963e1698 ("[media] pwc: fix WARN_ON"), which added the fill_buf drain in the teardown path but not in the start_streaming() error path. Mirror that handling on failure so start_streaming() returns with no buffer owned by the driver. Issue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at https://sashiko.dev/
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"published": "2026-08-10T13:20:09.657",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: pwc: Drain fill_buf on start_streaming() failure\n\npwc_isoc_init() submits its isochronous URBs with\nusb_submit_urb(.., GFP_KERNEL) in a loop. After the first URB is\nsubmitted, its completion handler pwc_isoc_handler() can run on another\nCPU before the loop finishes:\n\n start_streaming()\n pwc_isoc_init()\n usb_submit_urb(urbs[0], GFP_KERNEL)\n pwc_isoc_handler(urbs[0])\n pdev->fill_buf =\n pwc_get_next_fill_buf(pdev)\n usb_submit_urb(urbs[i>0], ..) -> fails\n pwc_isoc_cleanup(pdev) /* kills URBs */\n return ret;\n pwc_cleanup_queued_bufs(pdev, VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED)\n\npwc_get_next_fill_buf() detaches a buffer from pdev->queued_bufs and\nstores it in pdev->fill_buf. The error path in start_streaming() only\ndrains pdev->queued_bufs, so the buffer parked in pdev->fill_buf is\nleaked. vb2_start_streaming() then triggers\nWARN_ON(owned_by_drv_count).\n\nstop_streaming() already handles this since commit 80b0963e1698\n(\"[media] pwc: fix WARN_ON\"), which added the fill_buf drain in the\nteardown path but not in the start_streaming() error path. Mirror that\nhandling on failure so start_streaming() returns with no buffer owned\nby the driver.\n\nIssue identified by automated review of the INV-003 series at\nhttps://sashiko.dev/"
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