CVE-2026-72121

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

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.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity88% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.4% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
27th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (8.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
8.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

October 16, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc9f5ee1b073bd233d9c604e338af4ebb42cbc33
Web page

can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7eb6db1cd3f7b556a301dc1265945ad112089f7
Web page

can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/834cbca3b12e46887f7a9b35f1981a888360ea4c
Web page

can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/749179c2e25b95d22499ed29096b3e02d6dfd2b4
Web page

can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19b1994069dd29478ba767de1f98f14a088198dc

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72121(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(15)

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (56 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.187-1: fixed in 6.1.187-1
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.101-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (32 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.101-1: fixed in 6.12.101-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (160 versions)
  • every version up to 7.1.5-1: fixed in 7.1.5-1
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All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 77× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 99 of 222 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 123 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
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  6. 2026-10-16 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  7. 2026-10-16 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-16 18:55 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-16 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  10. 2026-10-16 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
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  15. 2026-10-13 08:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  16. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
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  1. 2026-10-06 22:48 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-06 22:48 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-06 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  4. 2026-10-06 15:18 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  5. 2026-10-06 09:17 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-06 09:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  7. 2026-10-05 17:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
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  9. 2026-10-05 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  10. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  11. 2026-10-04 22:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  12. 2026-10-04 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  14. 2026-10-03 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  15. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
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  17. 2026-10-02 18:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  20. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  21. 2026-10-01 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  23. 2026-09-30 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  24. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
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  26. 2026-09-29 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  28. 2026-09-28 10:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  30. 2026-09-27 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  33. 2026-09-27 08:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  36. 2026-09-25 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  47. 2026-09-21 20:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  59. 2026-09-18 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  69. 2026-09-15 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  73. 2026-09-14 20:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-85wx-h4w2-c465 · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72121?
CVE-2026-72121 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add locking when updating filter and timer values KCSAN detected a simultaneous access to timer values that can be overwritten in bcmrxsetup() when updating timer and filter content while bcmrxhandler(),…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-72121 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-72121 was published on August 15, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 16, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-72121 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72121 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (27th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72121?
CVE-2026-72121 has a CVSS base score of 8.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72121?
A fix for CVE-2026-72121 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-72121 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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