# CVE-2026-43425: usb: image: mdc800: kill download URB on timeout

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.12

## Description

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")

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa5a49760979ba016506fe292a431c8b83f043e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15536f6c15f48037a1672cbdea53266d67861ff6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bf877cc67309b2a063b0087c3ad8585fb11cec3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/155f471e38aa516f6c58c2ae03ca3dc222fa2fdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a400a6a4c4d49f77a04a3f401df5ae1a10657c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7fed917f84e484e06c5e9926746d0b524e3a93e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7398447810c9450c90d092efe9997569f8d96f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be3b77de4eb89af8ae2fd6610546be778e25589

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