CVE-2026-72116
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: fix stale rx/tx ops after device removal RX: an RX_SETUP update(!) for an existing op skipped can_rx_register() unconditionally, even when a concurrent NETDEV_UNREGISTER had…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: fix stale rx/tx ops after device removal RX: an RX_SETUP update(!) for an existing op skipped can_rx_register() unconditionally, even when a concurrent NETDEV_UNREGISTER had already torn down its registration (op->rx_reg_dev == NULL). This silently did not re-enable frame delivery for that updated filter. bcm_rx_setup() now re-registers in that case, while leaving rx_ops with ifindex = 0 (all CAN devices) which never carry a tracked rx_reg_dev registered as-is. TX: bcm_notify() only handled bo->rx_ops on NETDEV_UNREGISTER, leaving tx_ops with an active cyclic transmission re-arming its hrtimer indefinitely to execute bcm_tx_timeout_handler(). Cancelling the hrtimer prevents the runaway timer and any injection into a later reused ifindex, since nothing else calls bcm_can_tx() for the op until an explicit TX_SETUP update re-arms it. Unlike bcm_rx_unreg(), which clears the tracked rx_reg_dev for rx_ops, the ifindex is intentionally left unchanged for tx_ops. bcm_tx_setup() always rejects ifindex 0, so clearing it would strand the op: neither a later TX_SETUP (bcm_find_op()) nor TX_DELETE (bcm_delete_tx_op()) could ever find it again, since both require an exact ifindex match.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 8th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b762c0d950383ab7a002686c9136b9aa55d2d70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60d8a7942f4ed2d975207aaeba1adb576707e53d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6be3e1fedf03eab36a2c09d755d1171287b2014b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9517d8fb0b191398d35b9b7f8c719c1cc7761cb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b31d0933509c5a35c0be5736a2ce8df0d1bf112c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca829677ffa2de5d79e06366e19ac1e4f5cc78dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d30a36066ed3abefb72ae18901f71841ba18b350
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f749e4564952d60e96930c09f2be99955d07c22e
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.