CVE-2026-43428

USB: core: Limit the length of unkillable synchronous timeouts

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2026 at 02:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: core: Limit the length of unkillable synchronous timeouts The usb_control_msg(), usb_bulk_msg(), and usb_interrupt_msg() APIs in usbcore allow unlimited timeout durations. And since they use uninterruptible waits, this leaves open the possibility of hanging a task for an indefinitely long time, with no way to kill it short of unplugging the target device. To prevent this sort of problem, enforce a maximum limit on the length of these unkillable timeouts. The limit chosen here, somewhat arbitrarily, is 60 seconds. On many systems (although not all) this is short enough to avoid triggering the kernel's hung-task detector. In addition, clear up the ambiguity of negative timeout values by treating them the same as 0, i.e., using the maximum allowed timeout.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.12 ≤ v < 5.10.2532.6.12 ≤ v < 5.15.2032.6.12 ≤ v < 6.1.1672.6.12 ≤ v < 6.12.782.6.12 ≤ v < 6.18.192.6.12 ≤ v < 6.19.92.6.12 ≤ v < 6.6.1302.6.12 ≤ v < 7.02.6.12.1 ≤ v < 5.10.2535.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2035.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1676.13 ≤ v < 6.18.196.19 ≤ v < 6.19.96.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1306.7 ≤ v < 6.12.781da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac22.6.122.6.12 rc22.6.12 rc32.6.12 rc42.6.12 rc57.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 06d2bbc4c66c6b0e8a43728c4949026026a5be67 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1015c27a5e1a63efae2b18a9901494474b4d1dc3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 24b31a227f679a942d820840a4dea7f0c09a387f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2d34cb4d1d6283b4be9c78f4a83ed6956d3069ec (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4e86f5b79e62ded7e3c3ebd688cf5775e618148a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 64f3d75633aedc12bdff220e9a4337177430bd9d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 659c0c7d50a4b0f6aa197c4c098cfd91daf63862 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c62935670acdbb7687ced20494923b66fbb0367 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.253 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.203 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.167 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.78 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.130 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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