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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-03-25 | Updated 2026-05-11 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before ca07d3c6eef14d34e6fdeefe55058db045be29dc
affected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before e7bb6e0606b5f233531aaaad9542d69fbb792115
affected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before ab6f075492d37368b4c7b0df7f7fdc2b666887fc
affected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before 13b646eec3ba1131180803f5aaf1fee23540ad8f
affected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before bd85f21a6219aeae4389d700c54f1799f4b814e0
affected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before aa9e0a7fe5efc2f74327fd37d828e9a51d9ff588
affected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before c7bc62be6c1a60bb21301692009590b1ffda91d9
affected

9f2d3eae88d26c29d96e42983b755940d9169cd9 (git) before 1e446fd0582ad8be9f6dafb115fc2e7245f9bea7
affected

Default status
affected

4.19
affected

Any version before 4.19
unaffected

5.10.253 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.203 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.167 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.130 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.77 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.17 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.7 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/ca07d3c6eef14d34e6fdeefe55058db045be29dc

git.kernel.org/...c/e7bb6e0606b5f233531aaaad9542d69fbb792115

git.kernel.org/...c/ab6f075492d37368b4c7b0df7f7fdc2b666887fc

git.kernel.org/...c/13b646eec3ba1131180803f5aaf1fee23540ad8f

git.kernel.org/...c/bd85f21a6219aeae4389d700c54f1799f4b814e0

git.kernel.org/...c/aa9e0a7fe5efc2f74327fd37d828e9a51d9ff588

git.kernel.org/...c/c7bc62be6c1a60bb21301692009590b1ffda91d9

git.kernel.org/...c/1e446fd0582ad8be9f6dafb115fc2e7245f9bea7

cve.org (CVE-2026-23298)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-23298)

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