CVE-2026-72119

can: bcm: extend bcm_tx_lock usage for data and timer updates

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: extend bcm_tx_lock usage for data and timer updates Stage new CAN frame content for an existing tx op into a kmalloc()'d buffer and validate it there, mirroring the approach already used in bcm_rx_setup(). Only copy the validated data into op->frames while holding op->bcm_tx_lock, so bcm_can_tx() and bcm_tx_timeout_handler() can no longer observe a partially updated or unvalidated frame. Add a missing error path for memcpy_from_msg() when copying CAN frame data from userspace. Also move the kt_ival1/kt_ival2/ival1/ival2 updates in bcm_tx_setup() under op->bcm_tx_lock, and read kt_ival1/kt_ival2/count under the same lock in bcm_tx_set_expiry() and bcm_tx_timeout_handler(), closing the torn 64-bit ktime_t read on 32-bit platforms.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2a437b86ac5a9893c902f30ef66815bf13587bf65.10.2385.15.1855.4.2946.1.1416.12.316.14.96.156.6.937595de7bc56e0e52b74e56c90f7e247bf626d62876c84c3728178b2d38d5604e399dfe8b0752645e8f1c022541bf5a923c8d6fa483112c15250f30a4c2aba69d0c36a496ab4f2e81e9c2b271f2693fd7c4e8a172501e677ebd8ea9d9161d97dc4df56fbdcc55dd28c20a6611e30596019b3b2f636819a4c0fbd8fdc2b218e979cfe422b139b8f74c12419d1f
Vendor states this is fixed in 12ce799f7ab1e05bd8fbf79e46f403bfe5597ebc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 337f966c00662d81ad82cf5a4bbb150b2e32c0d4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 37917e432e50b7de2b64230974380132a30f7270 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 52f06e7603780de100233713ddaf971d422e10ef (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 63422347b4c782f429748b2a09cd3cf3b77e6abd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 972fd66bb08fdef1090abe43196ca8da07216d13 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a538b072ee074c9b41b9d9c15a6861a963e30755 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bd46f55dec608daa44b45dcf3328517630ad8e40 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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