CVE-2026-72123

can: bcm: defer rx_op deallocation to workqueue to fix thrtimer UAF

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:53 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: defer rx_op deallocation to workqueue to fix thrtimer UAF Commit f1b4e32aca08 ("can: bcm: use call_rcu() instead of costly synchronize_rcu()") replaced synchronize_rcu() in bcm_delete_rx_op() with call_rcu() and introduced the RX_NO_AUTOTIMER flag. However, this flag check was omitted for thrtimer in the packet rx fast-path. During BCM RX operation teardown, a concurrent RCU reader (bcm_rx_handler) can race and re-arm thrtimer via bcm_rx_update_and_send() after call_rcu() has been scheduled. Once the RCU grace period elapses, bcm_op is freed. The subsequently firing thrtimer then dereferences the deallocated op, causing a UAF. Adding flag checks to the rx fast-path (bcm_rx_update_and_send) does not fully close the TOCTOU race and introduces latency for every CAN frame. Conversely, calling hrtimer_cancel() directly inside the RCU callback (softirq context) is fatal as hrtimer_cancel() can sleep, triggering a "scheduling while atomic" panic. Resolve this by deferring the timer cancellation and memory free to a dedicated unbound workqueue (bcm_wq). The RCU callback now queues a work item to bcm_wq, which safely cancels both timers and deallocates memory in sleepable process context. A dedicated workqueue is used to prevent system-wide WQ saturation and is cleanly flushed/destroyed on module unload to avoid rmmod page faults. Since the deferred work can now outlive the calling context by an unbounded amount, also take a reference on op->sk when it is assigned and drop it only once the deferred work has cancelled both timers, so a socket can no longer be freed out from under a still-armed timer whose callback (bcm_send_to_user()) dereferences op->sk.

Affected

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

4.19.2525.10.1305.15.545.18.115.195.4.2055b48f5711f1c630841ab78dcc061de902f0e37bf85cd41070df992d3c0dfd828866fdd243d3b774aedb4baffb9483141a50fb7f7146cfe4a4c0c2db8f1b4e32aca0811aa011c76e5d6cf2fa19224b386f34f2a18e47b73e48f90a757e1f4aaa8c7d665a1fbac09a3b8890003c0c55294c00709f3ae5501bb
Vendor states this is fixed in 036a8c320ca11bc912e8027adcfad14b326f067e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3cf4fd5316f449811d8baf1bc6978ef5a7b743a9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4177762f70646ac48a2af382e45a795cbd295198 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 68973f9db76144825e4f35dfdc80fb8279eb2d57 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6fd08e8d826c3aa4cc7021f5f9cdbb7fa7441d3f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cd830e0bc25ee2d38cbfbdbb3cd77c5f53b2b6d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ce2d4b121fb7545e1ed588e860c8e5fd5ad45224 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in de5fce46637de05bef56ec08528127676eb6fc9b (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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