Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: image: mdc800: kill download URB on timeout
mdc800_device_read() submits download_urb and waits for completion. If the timeout fires and the device has not responded, the function returns without killing the URB, leaving it active.
A subsequent read() resubmits the same URB while it is still in-flight, triggering the WARN in usb_submit_urb():
“URB submitted while active”
Check the return value of wait_event_timeout() and kill the URB if it indicates timeout, ensuring the URB is complete before its status is inspected or the URB is resubmitted.
Similar to
- commit 372c93131998 (“USB: yurex: fix control-URB timeout handling”)
- commit b98d5000c505 (“media: rc: iguanair: handle timeouts”)
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 2.6.32 (+18 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU | Released |
24 kernels
|
| AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU | Released |
9 kernels
|
| Debian 11 | Released |
37 kernels
|
| Debian 11 cloud | Released |
17 kernels
|
| Debian 13 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |