# CVE-2025-38003: can: bcm: add missing rcu read protection for procfs content

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.185, 4.20, 5.19
- Published: 2025-06-08 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.4.205, fixed in 5.4.294; from 5.10.130, fixed in 5.10.238; from 5.15.54, fixed in 5.15.185; from 4.19.252, fixed in 4.20; from 5.18.11, fixed in 5.19
- Linux: 5.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add missing rcu read protection for procfs content When the procfs content is generated for a bcm_op which is in the process to be removed the procfs output might show unreliable data (UAF). As the removal of bcm_op's is already implemented with rcu handling this patch adds the missing rcu_read_lock() and makes sure the list entries are properly removed under rcu protection.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.185, 4.20, 5.19) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19f553a1ddf260da6570ed8f8d91a8c87f49b63a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/659701c0b954ccdb4a916a4ad59bbc16e726d42c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0622846db728a5332b917c797c733e202c4620ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d7d458c41b98a5c1670cbd36f2923c37de51cf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f912f8484e9c4396378c39460bbea0af681f319
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63567ecd99a24495208dc860d50fb17440043006
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c9db92d5f0eadca30884af75c53d601edc512ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac5e6249159ac255dad9781793dbe5908ac9ddb

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