CVE-2026-72118

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72118
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72118.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72118
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:52:57Z
Modified
2026-08-21T03:30:27Z
Summary
can: bcm: fix CAN frame rx/tx statistics
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: bcm: fix CAN frame rx/tx statistics

KCSAN detected a data race within the bcm_rx_handler() when two CAN frames have been simultaneously received and processed in a single rx op by two different CPUs.

Use atomic operations with (signed) long data types to access the statistics in the hot path to fix the KCSAN complaint.

Additionally simplify the update and check of statistics overflow by using the atomic operations in separate bcm_update_[rx|tx]_stats() functions. The rx variant runs under bcm_rx_update_lock to prevent races when resetting the two rx counters; the tx variant runs under bcm_tx_lock and only needs to guard its own counter's overflow.

As the rx path resets its values already at LONG_MAX / 100, there is no conflict between the two locking domains (bcm_rx_update_lock vs. bcm_tx_lock) even for ops that use both paths.

The rx statistics update and the frames_filtered update in bcm_rx_changed() were previously performed in two separate bcm_rx_update_lock sections. For an rx op subscribed on all interfaces (ifindex == 0), bcm_rx_handler() can run concurrently on different CPUs, so a counter reset by one CPU between these two sections could leave frames_filtered larger than frames_abs on another CPU, producing a bogus (even negative) reduction percentage in procfs. Update the statistics in the same critical section as bcm_rx_changed() to close this gap, which also removes the now unneeded extra lock/unlock pair around the traffic_flags calculation.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72118.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
ffd980f976e7fd666c2e61bf8ab35107efd11828
Fixed
640acf3566fc897065127001be875ebc5401c218
Fixed
47fca0d1620f2d4fab0677564989ef2b9c225c66
Fixed
fd75884eae40a7be47867cbfc9fc84a80bb8ddb4
Fixed
8b2783172d92edd650de6006ebd1c800937021ab
Fixed
970caff5c1a63702c80e08d920256bcb5f88ecc5
Fixed
8104bcdb2612fdda95169ddc3b49747b2ff98d24
Fixed
df47f07cdc801a6afe05a486b5a343c3e532a93c
Fixed
e6c24ba95fc3f1b5e1dcd28b1c6e59ef61a9daa5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72118.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.25
Fixed
5.10.265
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.216
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.183
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.148
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.101
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.42
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72118.json"