Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: isotp: fix use-after-free race with concurrent NETDEV_UNREGISTER
isotp_release() looked up the bound network device via dev_get_by_index() using the stored ifindex. During device unregistration the device is unlisted from the ifindex hash before the NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier chain runs, so a concurrent isotp_release() could find no device, skip can_rx_unregister() entirely, and still proceed to free the socket. Since isotp_release() had already removed itself from the isotp notifier list at that point, isotp_notify() would never get a chance to clean up either, leaving a stale CAN filter that keeps pointing at the freed socket.
Fix this the same way raw.c already does: hold a tracked reference to the bound net_device in the socket (so->dev/so->dev_tracker) from bind() onward instead of re-resolving it from the ifindex, and serialize bind()/release() with rtnl_lock() so that so->dev is always consistent with what the NETDEV_UNREGISTER notifier sees. so->dev stays valid regardless of ifindex-hash unlisting, and is only ever cleared by whichever of isotp_release()/isotp_notify() gets there first, so the filter is always removed exactly once.
isotp_bind() now rejects a (re)bind with -EAGAIN while so->[tx|rx].state isn't ISOTP_IDLE yet, so a timer left running by a prior NETDEV_UNREGISTER can't act on a newly bound so->ifindex. Both checks share the same lock_sock() section, so there is no window in which a concurrent isotp_notify() clearing so->bound could be missed.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < f311bbb29bb06aaab69ba45a6e4b11323d20b8f9; >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < 8e018f4335590460ebcf0c2b493ed38ba1a35204; >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < 33b9cd9245e2a4b800f99ed1cc53d64960614152; >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < 0b811c4bbe3ec9ad611e90a540fe8b51b3bb8a96; >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < 43884dc7963beef2328f507f4fe680bdc173eb80; >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < 7bef39ba76eb7307ed22a50329e0f5776dbeda58; >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < e442b62ba5a7756c17e05a77b32cdd085a2b6138; >= e057dd3fc20ffb3d7f150af46542a51b59b90127, < 20bab8b88baac140ca3701116e1d486c7f51e311 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.10 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b811c4bbe3ec9ad611e90a540fe8b51b3bb8a96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20bab8b88baac140ca3701116e1d486c7f51e311
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33b9cd9245e2a4b800f99ed1cc53d64960614152
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43884dc7963beef2328f507f4fe680bdc173eb80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bef39ba76eb7307ed22a50329e0f5776dbeda58
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e018f4335590460ebcf0c2b493ed38ba1a35204
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e442b62ba5a7756c17e05a77b32cdd085a2b6138
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f311bbb29bb06aaab69ba45a6e4b11323d20b8f9
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 15, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Received