GHSA-3P7C-R2J9-9RQV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: pwc: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure
The vb2 framework hands buffers to the driver via buf_queue() before calling start_streaming(). If start_streaming() returns an error without first returning those buffers via vb2_buffer_done(), vb2_start_streaming() fires WARN_ON(owned_by_drv_count) and the queued buffers leak.
pwc's start_streaming() had two early returns that hit this trap: -ENODEV when the USB device was already disconnected, and -ERESTARTSYS when mutex_lock_interruptible() was interrupted by a signal. Call the existing pwc_cleanup_queued_bufs() helper with VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED before returning (matching the state already used by the pwc_isoc_init() error path in the same function).
This mirrors the uvcvideo fix in commit 4cf3b6fd54eb ("media: uvcvideo: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure").
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-68216"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-10T13:20:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: pwc: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure\n\nThe vb2 framework hands buffers to the driver via buf_queue() before\ncalling start_streaming(). If start_streaming() returns an error\nwithout first returning those buffers via vb2_buffer_done(),\nvb2_start_streaming() fires WARN_ON(owned_by_drv_count) and the queued\nbuffers leak.\n\npwc\u0027s start_streaming() had two early returns that hit this trap:\n-ENODEV when the USB device was already disconnected, and -ERESTARTSYS\nwhen mutex_lock_interruptible() was interrupted by a signal. Call the\nexisting pwc_cleanup_queued_bufs() helper with VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED\nbefore returning (matching the state already used by the\npwc_isoc_init() error path in the same function).\n\nThis mirrors the uvcvideo fix in commit 4cf3b6fd54eb (\"media: uvcvideo:\nReturn queued buffers on start_streaming() failure\").",
"id": "GHSA-3p7c-r2j9-9rqv",
"modified": "2026-08-19T18:32:11Z",
"published": "2026-08-10T15:33:41Z",
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