CVE-2026-23339

MEDIUM

nfc: nci: free skb on nci_transceive early error paths

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: free skb on nci_transceive early error paths nci_transceive() takes ownership of the skb passed by the caller, but the -EPROTO, -EINVAL, and -EBUSY error paths return without freeing it. Due to issues clearing NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE fixed by subsequent changes the nci/nci_dev selftest hits the error path occasionally in NIPA, and kmemleak detects leaks: unreferenced object 0xff11000015ce6a40 (size 640): comm "nci_dev", pid 3954, jiffies 4295441246 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 6b 6b 6b 6b 00 a4 00 0c 02 e1 03 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkk.......kkkkk 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk backtrace (crc 7c40cc2a): kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x492/0x630 __alloc_skb+0x11e/0x5f0 alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc6/0x8f0 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x326/0x3f0 nfc_alloc_send_skb+0x94/0x1d0 rawsock_sendmsg+0x162/0x4c0 do_syscall_64+0x117/0xfc0

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 3.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 3.2.0 - 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.17linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.7linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux < 3.2
Linux/Linux 3.2
Linux/Linux 5.10.253 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.203 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.167 - 6.1.*
... and 17 more
Published Mar 25, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 25, 2026