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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-72122

| EUVDEUVD-2026-58880 HIGH
2026-08-15 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-4cqx-6pr4-c34w
High
Disputed · 7.3 Vendor: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Vendor (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67) PRIMARY
7.3 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
vuln.today AI
6.5 MEDIUM

Race condition exploitation requires precise thread interleaving beyond attacker control (AC:H); local CAN socket creation needs low privilege (PR:L); availability impact is partial given the silent failure mode.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
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CVSS VectorVendor: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Aug 17, 2026 - 07:02 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 17, 2026 - 06:22 NVD
7.3 (HIGH)
Patch available
Aug 15, 2026 - 07:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 06:21 cve.org
HIGH 7.3
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 06:21 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure

bcm_sendmsg() reads bo->ifindex and checks bo->bound before taking lock_sock(), while bcm_notify(), bcm_connect() and bcm_release() all mutate both fields under that same lock. Because the lockless reads and the locked writes are unordered with respect to each other, a racing bcm_notify() (device unregister) or bcm_connect() (concurrent bind on another thread sharing the socket) can make bcm_sendmsg() observe an inconsistent combination, e.g. a stale bound=1 together with the now-cleared ifindex=0, silently turning a socket bound to a specific CAN interface into one that also matches "any" interface.

Keep the lockless bo->bound check purely as a fast-path reject, and move the ifindex read (and a bo->bound re-check) into the locked section, where every writer already serializes. This removes the possibility of observing the two fields torn against each other, rather than trying to fix it with more READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pairs on two independently updated fields. Annotate the now-purely-lockless bo->bound accesses consistently across all its write sites.

Also fix bcm_rx_setup() silently returning success when the target device disappears concurrently instead of reporting -ENODEV, so a broken RX op is no longer left registered as if it had succeeded.

AnalysisAI

Lockless race condition in the Linux kernel CAN BCM (Broadcast Manager) subsystem allows local low-privileged users to trigger torn reads of socket binding state, silently redirecting CAN traffic to unintended interfaces or leaving broken RX filter operations registered as successful. The vulnerability affects all kernel branches from Linux 2.6.25 through unpatched stable releases across the 5.10.x, 5.15.x, 6.1.x, 6.6.x, 6.12.x, 6.18.x, and 7.1.x series. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis; EPSS probability is 0.22% (13th percentile), consistent with the local-only attack surface and specialized CAN subsystem prerequisite.

Technical ContextAI

The CAN BCM (Broadcast Manager) subsystem manages multiplexed broadcast messaging over CAN (Controller Area Network) buses, widely deployed in automotive ECU networks and industrial embedded systems. The race condition arises because bcm_sendmsg() reads bo->ifindex and checks bo->bound before acquiring lock_sock(), while all mutating paths - bcm_notify() on device unregister, bcm_connect() on concurrent bind, and bcm_release() - modify both fields under that same lock. This creates a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) window: a concurrent bcm_notify() or bcm_connect() can clear ifindex to 0 while bo->bound remains 1, making a socket scoped to a specific CAN interface silently act as if bound to any interface. A secondary defect causes bcm_rx_setup() to return 0 (success) instead of -ENODEV when the target device disappears mid-operation, leaving a broken RX filter registered as valid. Although the input data marks CWE as N/A, the root cause corresponds to CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution Using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization). The fix serializes the ifindex read and bo->bound re-check inside the locked section and corrects the silent error path in bcm_rx_setup().

RemediationAI

Upgrade to the patched stable kernel release for your active branch: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, or 7.1.5. The upstream fix commits are indexed at git.kernel.org/stable (commit hashes: 0f6f9f95294b, 35f0ac19efb1, 6bcc5cd247c2, 9e60c586faea, b70f1a15533a, b9c6ac6fb4e0, d9b091d9d22f, ffa80a2af27c). If immediate kernel patching is operationally blocked, restrict CAN BCM socket creation to trusted processes by removing CAP_NET_RAW from unprivileged users via seccomp-bpf or Linux Security Module (LSM) policy - this trades off CAN application compatibility for reduced race exploitation surface. Where CAN networking is not required at all, blacklisting the can-bcm kernel module (echo 'blacklist can-bcm' > /etc/modprobe.d/can-bcm-disable.conf) eliminates the attack surface entirely but will break any workload depending on CAN BCM sockets. No configuration workaround addresses the silent bcm_rx_setup() -ENODEV failure without a kernel patch.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Low
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 Affected

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