CVE-2026-43291

HIGH

net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data Since commit 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data") communication with nci nfc chips is not working any more. The mentioned commit tries to fix access of uninitialized data, but failed to understand that in some cases the data packet is of variable length and can therefore not be compared to the maximum packet length given by the sizeof(struct).

Scores

CVSS v3 8.3
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.7%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (23)
Linux/Linux < 6.18
Linux/Linux 0ba68bea1e356f466ad29449938bea12f5f3711f - ad058a4317db7fdb3f09caa6ed536d24a62ce6a0
Linux/Linux 5.15.195 - 5.15.202
Linux/Linux 5.15.202 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.156 - 6.1.165
Linux/Linux 6.1.165 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.53 - 6.12.75
Linux/Linux 6.12.75 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.17.3 - 6.18
Linux/Linux 6.18
... and 13 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026