CVE-2026-72122

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure

bcm_sendmsg() reads bo->ifindex and checks bo->bound before taking lock_sock(), while bcm_notify(), bcm_connect() and bcm_release() all mutate both fields under that same lock. Because the lockless reads and the locked writes are unordered with respect to each other, a racing bcm_notify() (device unregister) or bcm_connect() (concurrent bind on another thread sharing the socket) can make bcm_sendmsg() observe an inconsistent combination, e.g. a stale bound=1 together with the now-cleared ifindex=0, silently turning a socket bound to a specific CAN interface into one that also matches "any" interface.

Keep the lockless bo->bound check purely as a fast-path reject, and move the ifindex read (and a bo->bound re-check) into the locked section, where every writer already serializes. This removes the possibility of observing the two fields torn against each other, rather than trying to fix it with more READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() pairs on two independently updated fields. Annotate the now-purely-lockless bo->bound accesses consistently across all its write sites.

Also fix bcm_rx_setup() silently returning success when the target device disappears concurrently instead of reporting -ENODEV, so a broken RX op is no longer left registered as if it had succeeded.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(high)
EG Risk
37(Track)
EG Risk 37/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffa80a2af27c97453861a5128e537214a31cd18a
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9b091d9d22fee81ec53fb55d2032951993ceadb
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9c6ac6fb4e01b34575816066e5d3890a57b3c86
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70f1a15533afeeec5d07f20bec3f3867ab1c7b6
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e60c586faeaed80d55ab8ce2a4b8e56133bc395
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bcc5cd247c2934373bc2a1cdf8bf12321169543
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f0ac19efb1a3f6c5e12c00e475a9ec2d9c3a6d
generic

can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f6f9f95294b4cbb26ba02209e893e3bd91237c3

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72122(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 29× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. 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. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 01:22 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 14:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 02:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 04:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 17:29 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-17 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-17 06:18 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 06:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 06:00 UTCEG score recompute 7.30
  18. 2026-08-17 06:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.3 · severity → HIGH
  20. 2026-08-17 05:33 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-17 05:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 4 more
  1. 2026-08-15 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  3. 2026-08-15 06:12 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72122?
CVE-2026-72122 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: fix lockless bound/ifindex race and silent RX_SETUP failure bcm_sendmsg() reads bo->ifindex and checks bo->bound before taking locksock(), while bcmnotify(), bcmconnect() and bcmrelease() all mutate both fields under that…
When was CVE-2026-72122 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72122 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72122 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72122 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72122?
CVE-2026-72122 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72122?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72122, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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