CVE-2026-72125

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During device unregistration the device is\nunlisted from the ifindex hash before the NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier\nchain runs, so a concurrent isotp_release() could find no device, skip\ncan_rx_unregister() entirely, and still proceed to free the socket.\nSince isotp_release() had already removed itself from the isotp\nnotifier list at that point, isotp_notify() would never get a chance to\nclean up either, leaving a stale CAN filter that keeps pointing at the\nfreed socket.\n\nFix this the same way raw.c already does: hold a tracked reference to\nthe bound net_device in the socket (so->dev/so->dev_tracker) from\nbind() onward instead of re-resolving it from the ifindex, and\nserialize bind()/release() with rtnl_lock() so that so->dev is always\nconsistent with what the NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier sees. so->dev\nstays valid regardless of ifindex-hash unlisting, and is only ever\ncleared by whichever of isotp_release()/isotp_notify() gets there\nfirst, so the filter is always removed exactly once.\n\nisotp_bind() now rejects a (re)bind with -EAGAIN while so->[tx|rx].state\nisn't ISOTP_IDLE yet, so a timer left running by a prior\nNETDEV_UNREGISTER can't act on a newly bound so->ifindex. Both checks\nshare the same lock_sock() section, so there is no window in which a\nconcurrent isotp_notify() clearing so->bound could be missed."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Exploitation requires local AF_CAN ISO-TP socket operations (socket/bind/close) racing NETDEV_UNREGISTER on the bound CAN interface; stale-filter UAF is triggered via local frame injection or an existing bound interface, not a remote IP/network service.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race by concurrently closing the ISO-TP socket and unregistering the bound CAN device (e.g., vcan create/delete with CAP_NET_ADMIN in a user namespace), and can retry until the stale RX filter is left on a freed socket.\nPR:L - No init-namespace root is required: any local user can open CAN_ISOTP sockets, and CAP_NET_ADMIN obtainable in user 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