SB20260816404 - Race condition in Linux kernel can
Published: August 16, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72124)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the can isotp socket transmission state machine in net/can/isotp.c when handling concurrent send, receive, echo, timer, and socket release events. A local user can trigger concurrent state transitions to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects TX state handling across sendmsg(), the RX path, and hrtimer callbacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b05eca9589f609e2491b528dccf683168a4cda8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37beb16e08cae94cc05840c7274225e3b0b38ae7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f1fdf1a1c317bcac0c6b6c8e12642c9983de1ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d90e7b5e75d7406c889fe36e9a61ee364a00cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf070fe33bfbd1a4c21236078fadb35dd223a157