diff --git a/src/transport/linux/device.rs b/src/transport/linux/device.rs
index 6abd462d..736bddd6 100644
--- a/src/transport/linux/device.rs
+++ b/src/transport/linux/device.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::transport::hid::HIDDevice;
 use crate::transport::platform::{hidraw, monitor};
 use crate::transport::{FidoDevice, FidoProtocol, HIDError, SharedSecret};
 use crate::u2ftypes::U2FDeviceInfo;
-use crate::util::from_unix_result;
+use crate::util::{from_unix_result, io_err};
 use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::io;
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+/// USB HID read timeout, in milliseconds.
+///
+/// This is needed to prevent devices (particularly virtual `uhid` bridge devices) that *don't*
+/// respond in a timely manner from [causing the browser to hang][0].
+///
+/// [CTAP 2.3 §11.2.9.1.7][1] says devices SHOULD send `CTAPHID_KEEPALIVE` every 100ms while
+/// processing a `CTAPHID_MSG` or `CTAPHID_CBOR`. This gives devices 2 seconds to send a
+/// `CTAPHID_KEEPALIVE`. [`HIDDevice::sendrecv`][] lets an application interrupt an authenticator
+/// sending `CTAPHID_KEEPALIVE` forever.
+///
+/// [0]: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1958831
+/// [1]: https://fidoalliance.og/specs/fido-v2.3-ps-20260226/fido-client-to-authenticator-protocol-v2.3-ps-20260226.html#usb-hid-keepalive
+const READ_TIMEOUT: i32 = 2000;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Device {
     path: PathBuf,
@@ -50,6 +64,23 @@ impl Hash for Device {
 
 impl Read for Device {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        // Check that we can actually read from the device.
+        let mut pfd = libc::pollfd {
+            fd: self.fd.as_raw_fd(),
+            events: libc::POLLIN,
+            revents: 0,
+        };
+        let nfds = unsafe { libc::poll(&mut pfd, 1, READ_TIMEOUT) };
+        if nfds == -1 || pfd.revents & libc::POLLERR != 0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        if pfd.revents & libc::POLLNVAL != 0 {
+            return Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::EBADF));
+        }
+        if nfds == 0 || pfd.revents & libc::POLLIN == 0 {
+            return Err(io_err("no response from device"));
+        }
+
         let bufp = buf.as_mut_ptr() as *mut libc::c_void;
         let rv = unsafe { libc::read(self.fd.as_raw_fd(), bufp, buf.len()) };
         from_unix_result(rv as usize)