Bug 2516512 (CVE-2026-72126) - CVE-2026-72126 kernel: can: isotp: use unconditional synchronize_rcu() in isotp_release()
Summary: CVE-2026-72126 kernel: can: isotp: use unconditional synchronize_rcu() in iso...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72126
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:16 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 23:01 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:16:26 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: isotp: use unconditional synchronize_rcu() in isotp_release()

isotp_notify() unregisters the (RCU) CAN filters via can_rx_unregister()
and clears so->bound without waiting for a grace period. isotp_release()
uses so->bound to decide whether it needs to call synchronize_rcu()
before cancelling so->rxtimer, so when NETDEV_UNREGISTER runs first it
skips that synchronize_rcu() and can cancel the timer while an
in-flight isotp_rcv() is still executing and about to re-arm it via
isotp_send_fc(), leading to a use-after-free timer callback on the
freed socket.

sakisho-bot remarked a problem with rtnl_lock held in isotp_notify(),
therefore make isotp_release() always call synchronize_rcu() before
cancelling the timers, regardless of so->bound. This still closes the
original race (isotp_notify() clearing so->bound without waiting for
in-flight isotp_rcv() callers before isotp_release() cancels the RX
timer) without adding any RCU wait to the netdevice notifier path.


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