CVE-2026-23298
Published: March 26, 2026Last modified: April 9, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: ucan: Fix infinite loop from zero-length messages If a broken ucan device gets a message with the message length field set to 0, then the driver will loop for forever in ucan_read_bulk_callback(), hanging the system. If the length is 0, just skip the message and go on to the next one. This has been fixed in the kvaser_usb driver in the past in commit 0c73772cd2b8 ("can: kvaser_usb: leaf: Fix potential infinite loop in command parsers"), so there must be some broken devices out there like this somewhere.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.167-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.80-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.80-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13b646eec3ba1131180803f5aaf1fee23540ad8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e446fd0582ad8be9f6dafb115fc2e7245f9bea7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9e0a7fe5efc2f74327fd37d828e9a51d9ff588
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab6f075492d37368b4c7b0df7f7fdc2b666887fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd85f21a6219aeae4389d700c54f1799f4b814e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7bc62be6c1a60bb21301692009590b1ffda91d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca07d3c6eef14d34e6fdeefe55058db045be29dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7bb6e0606b5f233531aaaad9542d69fbb792115