1- I have been using Linux (many distros) for more than 15 years, so I know a little bit about kernels 
2- Using the 5.10 LTS kernel, nothing changed:
$ v4l2-ctl --all
Driver Info:
Driver name : uvcvideo
Card type : HP TrueVision HD Camera: HP Tru
Bus info : usb-0000:05:00.4-3
Driver version : 5.10.63
Capabilities : 0x84a00001
Video Capture
Metadata Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Device Capabilities
Device Caps : 0x04200001
Video Capture
Streaming
Extended Pix Format
Priority: 2
Video input : 0 (Camera 1: ok)
Format Video Capture:
Width/Height : 640/480
Pixel Format : 'YUYV' (YUYV 4:2:2)
Field : None
Bytes per Line : 1280
Size Image : 614400
Colorspace : sRGB
Transfer Function : Rec. 709
YCbCr/HSV Encoding: ITU-R 601
Quantization : Default (maps to Limited Range)
Flags :
Crop Capability Video Capture:
Bounds : Left 0, Top 0, Width 640, Height 480
Default : Left 0, Top 0, Width 640, Height 480
Pixel Aspect: 1/1
Selection Video Capture: crop_default, Left 0, Top 0, Width 640, Height 480, Flags:
Selection Video Capture: crop_bounds, Left 0, Top 0, Width 640, Height 480, Flags:
Streaming Parameters Video Capture:
Capabilities : timeperframe
Frames per second: 30.000 (30/1)
Read buffers : 0
brightness 0x00980900 (int) : min=-64 max=64 step=1 default=0 value=0
contrast 0x00980901 (int) : min=0 max=100 step=1 default=50 value=50
saturation 0x00980902 (int) : min=0 max=100 step=1 default=64 value=64
hue 0x00980903 (int) : min=-180 max=180 step=1 default=0 value=0
white_balance_temperature_auto 0x0098090c (bool) : default=1 value=1
gamma 0x00980910 (int) : min=100 max=500 step=1 default=300 value=300
gain 0x00980913 (int) : min=0 max=128 step=1 default=0 value=0
power_line_frequency 0x00980918 (menu) : min=0 max=2 default=2 value=2
0: Disabled
1: 50 Hz
2: 60 Hz
white_balance_temperature 0x0098091a (int) : min=2800 max=6500 step=10 default=4600 value=4600 flags=inactive
sharpness 0x0098091b (int) : min=0 max=100 step=1 default=50 value=50
backlight_compensation 0x0098091c (int) : min=0 max=2 step=1 default=0 value=0
exposure_auto 0x009a0901 (menu) : min=0 max=3 default=3 value=3
1: Manual Mode
3: Aperture Priority Mode
exposure_absolute 0x009a0902 (int) : min=10 max=2500 step=1 default=400 value=400 flags=inactive
exposure_auto_priority 0x009a0903 (bool) : default=0 value=1
Kernel:
$ uname -r
5.10.63-1-MANJARO