Bug 2516582 (CVE-2026-72120) - CVE-2026-72120 kernel: can: bcm: add missing rcu list annotations and operations
Summary: CVE-2026-72120 kernel: can: bcm: add missing rcu list annotations and operations
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72120
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:20 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 22:46 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:20:10 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: bcm: add missing rcu list annotations and operations

sashiko-bot remarked the missing use of list_add_rcu() in
bcm_[rx|tx]_setup() to have a proper initialized bcm_op structure
when bcm_proc_show() traverses the bcm_op's under rcu_read_lock().

To cover all initial settings of the bcm_op's the list_add_rcu() calls
are moved to the end of the setup code.

While at it, also fix the mirroring removal side: bcm_release() called
bcm_remove_op() - which frees the op via call_rcu() - on ops that were
still linked in bo->tx_ops/bo->rx_ops, without list_del_rcu() first.
Unlink each op with list_del_rcu() before handing it to bcm_remove_op(),
matching the existing pattern in bcm_delete_tx_op()/bcm_delete_rx_op().


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