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High severity Unreviewed Published Aug 10, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 19, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

media: msi2500: 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.

msi2500_start_streaming() had five error paths that all hit this trap
and were further tangled by ret-overwriting between calls:

  • -ENODEV when the USB device was already disconnected
  • -ERESTARTSYS when mutex_lock_interruptible() was interrupted
  • msi2500_set_usb_adc() failure: ret was silently overwritten by
    the next call (msi2500_isoc_init), so the error was lost entirely
  • msi2500_isoc_init() failure: cleanup_queued_bufs was called, but
    the function then fell through to msi2500_ctrl_msg() and again
    masked the original error by overwriting ret
  • msi2500_ctrl_msg(CMD_START_STREAMING) failure: no cleanup at all,
    leaving isoc URBs submitted with no way for the driver to consume
    them

Consolidate the error paths into a small goto chain. Every failure
now stops the function, drains the queued-buffer list, and returns
the real error code. The ctrl_msg failure path also rolls back the
preceding msi2500_isoc_init() via msi2500_isoc_cleanup() before
unlocking and draining.

The cleanup helper takes a vb2_buffer_state argument so that the
start_streaming error paths can pass VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED (as
expected by userspace on start_streaming failure) while stop_streaming
keeps its existing VB2_BUF_STATE_ERROR semantics.

This mirrors the uvcvideo fix in commit 4cf3b6fd54eb ("media: uvcvideo:
Return queued buffers on start_streaming() failure").

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 10, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 10, 2026
Last updated Aug 19, 2026

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(7th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2026-68222

GHSA ID

GHSA-c87f-75wq-m23q

Source code

No known source code

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