CVE-2026-23298 — Unchecked Input for Loop Condition in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
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
co…
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 — ab6f075492d37368b4c7b0df7f7fdc2b666887fc+6
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-v7rc-q48q-f2p3: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: ucan: Fix infinite loop from zero-length messages
If a broken ucan device g↗2026-03-25
OSV▶
CVE-2026-23298: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: ucan: Fix infinite loop from zero-length messages If a broken ucan device get↗2026-03-25