CVE-2026-72125

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72125
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72125.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72125
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:53:02Z
Modified
2026-08-21T03:30:20Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
can: isotp: fix use-after-free race with concurrent NETDEV_UNREGISTER
Details

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

can: isotp: fix use-after-free race with concurrent NETDEV_UNREGISTER

isotp_release() looked up the bound network device via dev_get_by_index() using the stored ifindex. During device unregistration the device is unlisted from the ifindex hash before the NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier chain runs, so a concurrent isotp_release() could find no device, skip can_rx_unregister() entirely, and still proceed to free the socket. Since isotp_release() had already removed itself from the isotp notifier list at that point, isotp_notify() would never get a chance to clean up either, leaving a stale CAN filter that keeps pointing at the freed socket.

Fix this the same way raw.c already does: hold a tracked reference to the bound net_device in the socket (so->dev/so->dev_tracker) from bind() onward instead of re-resolving it from the ifindex, and serialize bind()/release() with rtnl_lock() so that so->dev is always consistent with what the NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier sees. so->dev stays valid regardless of ifindex-hash unlisting, and is only ever cleared by whichever of isotp_release()/isotp_notify() gets there first, so the filter is always removed exactly once.

isotp_bind() now rejects a (re)bind with -EAGAIN while so->[tx|rx].state isn't ISOTP_IDLE yet, so a timer left running by a prior NETDEV_UNREGISTER can't act on a newly bound so->ifindex. Both checks share the same lock_sock() section, so there is no window in which a concurrent isotp_notify() clearing so->bound could be missed.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72125.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
e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127
Fixed
f311bbb29bb06aaab69ba45a6e4b11323d20b8f9
Fixed
8e018f4335590460ebcf0c2b493ed38ba1a35204
Fixed
33b9cd9245e2a4b800f99ed1cc53d64960614152
Fixed
0b811c4bbe3ec9ad611e90a540fe8b51b3bb8a96
Fixed
43884dc7963beef2328f507f4fe680bdc173eb80
Fixed
7bef39ba76eb7307ed22a50329e0f5776dbeda58
Fixed
e442b62ba5a7756c17e05a77b32cdd085a2b6138
Fixed
20bab8b88baac140ca3701116e1d486c7f51e311

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72125.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.10.0
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
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72125.json"