CVE-2026-43428 USB: core: Limit the length of unkillable synchronous timeouts

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: core: Limit the length of unkillable synchronous timeouts The usbcontrolmsg, usbbulkmsg, and usbinterruptmsg APIs in usbcore allow unlimited timeout durations. And since they use uninterruptible waits, this leaves open the...

CVE-2026-43428

CVE-2026-43428 affects the Linux kernel USB core. The vulnerability arises from usb_control_msg(), usb_bulk_msg(), and usb_interrupt_msg() allowing unbounded, uninterruptible timeouts, which could hang a task indefinitely. The fix enforces a maximum timeout of 60 seconds and treats negative timeo...