{"id":"CVE-2026-74437","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-74437","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:27:20.935Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Fix deadlock if uvc_status_stop is called from async_ctrl.work If a UVC camera has an asynchronous control, uvc_status_stop may be called from async_ctrl.work:…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: uvcvideo: Fix deadlock if uvc_status_stop is called from async_ctrl.work\n\nIf a UVC camera has an asynchronous control, uvc_status_stop may be\ncalled from async_ctrl.work:\n\nuvc_ctrl_status_event_work()\n    uvc_ctrl_status_event()\n        uvc_ctrl_clear_handle()\n\t    uvc_pm_put()\n\t        uvc_status_put()\n\t\t    uvc_status_stop()\n\t\t        cancel_work_sync()\n\nThis will cause a deadlock, since cancel_work_sync will wait for\nuvc_ctrl_status_event_work to complete before returning.\n\nFix this by returning early from uvc_status_stop if we are currently in\nthe work function. flush_status now remains false until uvc_status_start\nis called again, ensuring that uvc_ctrl_status_event_work won't resubmit\nthe URB.","published":"2026-08-15T06:22:46.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-17T06:19:39.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":null,"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10625,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"unknown","text":"Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3659deaf7bf690510899a73906b772740d94342c","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d27f92c54ce28cfbd2a8a479a96d6f4a781b7d2","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f6c5fe1633272c926361b73d83dfc6ae01b1504","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74437","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}