CVE-2026-17523
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: switch timer to HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT and remove hrtimer_tasklet This patch switches the timer to HRTIMER_MODE_SOFT, which executed the timer callback in softirq context and removes the hrtimer_tasklet.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.15%• Percentile: 4%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-825•Expired Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 5.4.6-1 | < 5.4.6-1 | < 5.4.6-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-7.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-4.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-7.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-7.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all
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References (11)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17523
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507407
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf74aa86e111aa3b2fbb25db37e3a3fab71b5b68
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-17523
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17523
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55765
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55764
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61932
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-17523
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79305a826f872fe446c6fbf8450f515053ef6951
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf74aa86e111aa3b2fbb25db37e3a3fab71b5b68