# CVE-2026-43290: media: uvcvideo: Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure

> A bug in the Linux kernel's uvcvideo driver can cause a system warning and potential USB controller failure when streaming fails to start.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 8 May 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-43290, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-43290, GHSA-w25g-q69r-fvpq, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-43290

## What is CVE-2026-43290?

CVE-2026-43290 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

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

Return buffers if streaming fails to start due to uvc_pm_get() error.

This bug may be responsible for a warning I got running

    while :; do yavta -c3 /dev/video0; done

on an xHCI controller which failed under this workload.
I had no luck reproducing this warning again to confirm.

xhci_hcd 0000:09:00.0: HC died; cleaning up
usb 13-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 29386 at drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c:1803 vb2_start_streaming+0xac/0x120

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-43290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-43290?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-43290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-43290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-43290 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 8 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-43290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-43290

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43290/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.