Detections
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CVE-2026-17523
high
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in net/can/bcm.c in can: bcm, where an unprivileged local user can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, which leads to a local privilege escalation (LPE). This allows the attacker to gain root privileges and take full control of the affected system.
References
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf74aa86e111aa3b2fbb25db37e3a3fab71b5b68