Bug 2513250 (CVE-2026-68387)

Summary: CVE-2026-68387 kernel: can: raw: add locking for raw flags bitfield
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Controller Area Network (CAN) raw socket implementation. A local attacker could exploit a race condition in the `raw_setsockopt()` function. This occurs due to insufficient locking during read-modify-write operations on a shared bitfield when modifying socket flags. Successful exploitation could lead to data corruption or system instability, potentially resulting in a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:27:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: raw: add locking for raw flags bitfield

With commit 890e5198a6e5 ("can: raw: use bitfields to store flags in
struct raw_sock") the formerly separate integer values have been integrated
into a single bitfield. This led to a read-modify-write operation when
changing a flag in raw_setsockopt() which now needs a locking to prevent
concurrent access.

Instead of adding a lock/unlock hell in each of the flag manipulations this
patch introduces a wrapper for a new raw_setsockopt_locked() function
analogue to the isotp_setsockopt[_locked]() approach in net/can/isotp.c

[mkl: use Closes tag instead of Link]