Bug 2439898 (CVE-2026-23155)

Summary: CVE-2026-23155 kernel: can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix error message
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A potential use of uninitialized variable was found in the gs_usb CAN driver. When a short read occurs before the netdev has been assigned, the error message code could dereference an undefined netdev pointer value, potentially causing a crash or information leak.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-14 17:02:04 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix error message

Sinc commit 79a6d1bfe114 ("can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback():
unanchor URL on usb_submit_urb() error") a failing resubmit URB will print
an info message.

In the case of a short read where netdev has not yet been assigned,
initialize as NULL to avoid dereferencing an undefined value. Also report
the error value of the failed resubmit.