Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2023-52941
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: isotp: split tx timer into transmission and timeout The timer for the transmission of isotp PDUs formerly had two functions: 1. send two consecutive frames with a given time gap 2. monitor the timeouts for flow control frames and the echo frames This led to larger txstate checks and potentially to a problem discovered by syzbot which enabled the panic_on_warn feature while testing. The former 'txtimer' function is split into 'txfrtimer' and 'txtimer' to handle the two above functionalities with separate timer callbacks. The two simplified timers now run in one-shot mode and make the state transitions (especially with isotp_rcv_echo) better understandable.
EPSS: 0.002 (9.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 3cb476cf834edca47f4470c276feb0f519401fb7, 6.2, 6.1.11
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1, 6.2
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-52941?
- CVE-2023-52941 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-03-27.
- How severe is CVE-2023-52941?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.