Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72121
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-72121 | 15 Aug 202605:52 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-72121 can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values | 15 Aug 202605:52 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-72121 | 15 Aug 202605:52 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-58879 | 15 Aug 202605:52 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-72121 | 15 Aug 202606:21 | – | nvd | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72121 | 15 Aug 202606:21 | – | osv | |
| PT-2026-72310 | 15 Aug 202600:00 | – | ptsecurity |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-72121 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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- can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values KCSAN detected a simultaneous access to timer
values that can be overwritten in bcm_rx_setup() when updating timer and filter content while
bcm_rx_handler(), bcm_rx_timeout_handler() or bcm_rx_thr_handler() run concurrently on incoming CAN
traffic. Protect the timer (ival1/ival2/kt_ival1/kt_ival2/kt_lastmsg) and filter
(nframes/flags/frames/last_frames) updates in bcm_rx_setup() with a new per-op bcm_rx_update_lock, taken
with the matching scope in the RX handlers. memcpy_from_msg() is staged into a temporary buffer before the
lock is taken, since it can sleep and must not run under a spinlock. hrtimer_cancel() is always called
without bcm_rx_update_lock held, since bcm_rx_timeout_handler()/bcm_rx_thr_handler() take the same lock
and a running callback would otherwise deadlock against the canceller. Also close a related race:
bcm_rx_setup() cleared the RTR flag in the stored reply frame's can_id as a separate, unprotected step
after the frame content was already installed, so a concurrent bcm_rx_handler() could transmit a stale
reply with CAN_RTR_FLAG still set. Fold that normalization into the initial frame preparation instead (on
the staged buffer for updates, directly on op->frames pre-registration for new ops), so the installed
frame is always atomically self-consistent. bcm_rx_handler()'s RX_RTR_FRAME check now takes a lock-
protected snapshot of op->flags before deciding whether to call bcm_can_tx(), but does not hold the lock
across that call. Also take a lock-protected snapshot of the currframe in bcm_can_tx() to avoid partly
overwrites by content updates in bcm_tx_setup(). Finally check if a TX_RESET_MULTI_IDX/SETTIMER might have
reset op->currframe between the two locked sections in bcm_can_tx(). Omit calling hrtimer_forward() with
zero interval in bcm_rx_thr_handler(). kt_ival2 may have been concurrently cleared by bcm_rx_setup()
before it cancels this timer, so check kt_ival2 inside the bcm_rx_update_lock. (CVE-2026-72121)
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
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"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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{"reference": "serial-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
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{"reference": "hyperv-daemons"},
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if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
var vendor;
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}
}
}
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port : 0,
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extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
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15 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
EPSS0.002