--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_v4l2request.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_v4l2request.c
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/dma-buf.h>
 #include <linux/media.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <drm_fourcc.h>
 #include <libudev.h>
 
@@ -690,12 +691,125 @@
     }
 
     udev_enumerate_unref(enumerate);
     return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Brute-force fallback used when libudev's scan fails (e.g. inside firefox's
+ * RDD sandbox where Mozilla's broker rejects fd-relative openat used by
+ * systemd's chase() symlink resolver). Iterates /dev/video[0..63], picks the
+ * one whose major/minor matches the requested devnum.
+ */
+static char *v4l2request_devnum_to_video_path_brute(dev_t devnum)
+{
+    char path[32];
+    struct stat st;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
+        snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/video%d", i);
+        if (stat(path, &st) < 0)
+            continue;
+        if (st.st_rdev == devnum)
+            return av_strdup(path);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Brute-force version of v4l2request_probe_video_devices: replaces the
+ * udev_device_new_from_devnum + udev_device_get_devnode flow with
+ * stat()-based major/minor matching against /dev/video[0..63]. */
+static int v4l2request_probe_video_devices_brute(AVHWFramesContext *hwfc,
+                                                 uint32_t pixelformat,
+                                                 uint32_t buffersize)
+{
+    AVV4L2RequestFramesContext *fctx = hwfc->hwctx;
+    AVV4L2RequestFramesContextInternal *fctxi = fctx->internal;
+    struct media_device_info device_info;
+    struct media_v2_topology topology = {0};
+    struct media_v2_interface *interfaces;
+    char *path;
+    dev_t devnum;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (ioctl(fctxi->media_fd, MEDIA_IOC_DEVICE_INFO, &device_info) < 0)
+        return AVERROR(errno);
+
+    if (ioctl(fctxi->media_fd, MEDIA_IOC_G_TOPOLOGY, &topology) < 0)
+        return AVERROR(errno);
+
+    if (!topology.num_interfaces)
+        return AVERROR(ENOENT);
+
+    interfaces = av_calloc(topology.num_interfaces,
+                           sizeof(struct media_v2_interface));
+    if (!interfaces)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    topology.ptr_interfaces = (__u64)(uintptr_t)interfaces;
+    if (ioctl(fctxi->media_fd, MEDIA_IOC_G_TOPOLOGY, &topology) < 0) {
+        ret = AVERROR(errno);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    ret = AVERROR(ENOENT);
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < topology.num_interfaces; i++) {
+        if (interfaces[i].intf_type != MEDIA_INTF_T_V4L_VIDEO)
+            continue;
+
+        devnum = makedev(interfaces[i].devnode.major,
+                         interfaces[i].devnode.minor);
+        path = v4l2request_devnum_to_video_path_brute(devnum);
+        if (!path)
+            continue;
+
+        ret = v4l2request_probe_video_device(hwfc, path, pixelformat, buffersize);
+        if (!ret) {
+            av_log(hwfc, AV_LOG_INFO,
+                   "Using V4L2 media driver %s (brute-force) for %s\n",
+                   device_info.driver, av_fourcc2str(pixelformat));
+            av_free(path);
+            break;
+        }
+        av_free(path);
+    }
+
+fail:
+    av_free(interfaces);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/* Brute-force fallback for v4l2request_probe_media_devices(). Iterates
+ * /dev/media[0..15], opens each, probes via topology+stat. */
+static int v4l2request_probe_media_devices_brute(AVHWFramesContext *hwfc,
+                                                 uint32_t pixelformat,
+                                                 uint32_t buffersize)
+{
+    AVV4L2RequestFramesContext *fctx = hwfc->hwctx;
+    AVV4L2RequestFramesContextInternal *fctxi = fctx->internal;
+    char path[32];
+    int ret = AVERROR(ENOENT);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+        snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/media%d", i);
+
+        fctxi->media_fd = open(path, O_RDWR);
+        if (fctxi->media_fd < 0)
+            continue;
+
+        ret = v4l2request_probe_video_devices_brute(hwfc, pixelformat,
+                                                    buffersize);
+        if (!ret)
+            return 0;
+
+        close(fctxi->media_fd);
+        fctxi->media_fd = -1;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 static int v4l2request_open_decoder(AVHWFramesContext *hwfc)
 {
     AVV4L2RequestFramesContext *fctx = hwfc->hwctx;
     uint32_t buffersize;
     struct udev *udev;
     int ret;
@@ -712,12 +826,23 @@
 
     buffersize = FFMAX(hwfc->width * hwfc->height * 3 / 2, 256 * 1024);
 
     // Probe all media devices (auto-detection)
     ret = v4l2request_probe_media_devices(hwfc, udev, fctx->pixelformat, buffersize);
 
+    // Brute-force fallback when libudev fails. Firefox-fourier hits this
+    // because Mozilla's RDD sandbox blocks fd-relative openat used by
+    // systemd's chase() symlink resolver inside udev_enumerate_scan_devices.
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        av_log(hwfc, AV_LOG_INFO,
+               "libudev probe failed (%d), falling back to brute-force /dev/media*\n",
+               ret);
+        ret = v4l2request_probe_media_devices_brute(hwfc, fctx->pixelformat,
+                                                    buffersize);
+    }
+
     udev_unref(udev);
     return ret;
 }
 
 static AVBufferRef *v4l2request_v4l2_buffer_alloc(AVHWFramesContext *hwfc,
                                                   struct v4l2_format *format)