can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values KCSAN detected a simultaneous access to timer values that can be overwritten in bcm_rx_setup() when updating timer and filter content while bcm_rx_handler(), bcm_rx_timeout_handler() or bcm_rx_thr_handler() run concurrently on incoming CAN traffic. Protect the timer (ival1/ival2/kt_ival1/kt_ival2/kt_lastmsg) and filter (nframes/flags/frames/last_frames) updates in bcm_rx_setup() with a new per-op bcm_rx_update_lock, taken with the matching scope in the RX handlers. memcpy_from_msg() is staged into a temporary buffer before the lock is taken, since it can sleep and must not run under a spinlock. hrtimer_cancel() is always called without bcm_rx_update_lock held, since bcm_rx_timeout_handler()/bcm_rx_thr_handler() take the same lock and a running callback would otherwise deadlock against the canceller. Also close a related race: bcm_rx_setup() cleared the RTR flag in the stored reply frame's can_id as a separate, unprotected step after the frame content was already installed, so a concurrent bcm_rx_handler() could transmit a stale reply with CAN_RTR_FLAG still set. Fold that normalization into the initial frame preparation instead (on the staged buffer for updates, directly on op->frames pre-registration for new ops), so the installed frame is always atomically self-consistent. bcm_rx_handler()'s RX_RTR_FRAME check now takes a lock-protected snapshot of op->flags before deciding whether to call bcm_can_tx(), but does not hold the lock across that call. Also take a lock-protected snapshot of the currframe in bcm_can_tx() to avoid partly overwrites by content updates in bcm_tx_setup(). Finally check if a TX_RESET_MULTI_IDX/SETTIMER might have reset op->currframe between the two locked sections in bcm_can_tx(). Omit calling hrtimer_forward() with zero interval in bcm_rx_thr_handler(). kt_ival2 may have been concurrently cleared by bcm_rx_setup() before it cancels this timer, so check kt_ival2 inside the bcm_rx_update_lock.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.10.238 to before 5.10.265; 5.15.185 to before 5.15.216; 6.1.141 to before 6.1.183; 6.6.93 to before 6.6.148; 6.12.31 to before 6.12.101; 5.4.294 to before 5.5; 6.14.9 to before 6.15 | 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 5.5, 6.15 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 6.15 and later | 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.5, 7.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.10.238 to before 5.10.265; 5.15.185 to before 5.15.216; 6.1.141 to before 6.1.183; 6.6.93 to before 6.6.148; 6.12.31 to before 6.12.101; 5.4.294 to before 5.5; 6.14.9 to before 6.15 Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 5.5, 6.15 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.15 and later Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.5, 7.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 5.5, 6.15
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72121
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96994180bd7b248b0cc698afe926e23fc1bda59b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caa8704a7f3cb7806331596195385437126ecb3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7c369e7da8203e2b5be12bbcac7b9ab2ed5b658
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7eb6db1cd3f7b556a301dc1265945ad112089f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/834cbca3b12e46887f7a9b35f1981a888360ea4c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19b1994069dd29478ba767de1f98f14a088198dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc9f5ee1b073bd233d9c604e338af4ebb42cbc33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/749179c2e25b95d22499ed29096b3e02d6dfd2b4
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72121 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72121 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72121 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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