Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72116

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Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72116

Published: August 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU143471
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72116
CWE-ID: CWE-664
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in the net/can/bcm.c CAN broadcast manager tx_ops handling when a CAN device is unregistered while cyclic transmission remains active. A local user can trigger device removal conditions for an existing operation to cause a denial of service.

The issue can leave an hrtimer re-arming indefinitely and may allow injection into a later reused ifindex until an explicit TX_SETUP update occurs.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-72116

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1112.113, 5.15.0.1112.112
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1

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