CVE-2026-23298

can: ucan: Fix infinite loop from zero-length messages

CVE-2026-23298 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23298, released March 25, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0013
2nd percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 Jun 30, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.170-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23298 Mar 25, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.85-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23298 Mar 25, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.19.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23298 Mar 25, 2026

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