CVE-2026-68216

media: pwc: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In 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").

Affected

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

3.5ceede9fa8939e40ad0ddb4ad1355f45c6f1d3478
Vendor states this is fixed in 0362ae30b61b3053ee3095c1b8f179197ec4f539 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d7cc2634c3843a1414a0f6407aa17f1f91dee60 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 975b2ee20e569d47821e4f6c9761b4664d48a6a4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a4f8f629983f643333e49df90557805469bcbb25 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cb16b79a2be2cec9c3ebe4147490817c4d8b1de3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d552852bf76b7dfb35b4593fc874d8dd2f1b1bf3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f2f9fcacd81953dde6cb86312ab13ca13e689664 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fa78e590852751d3ad32f33f6b4e210fe6ccbe9b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-401

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