CVE-2026-23339
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3245801d44a44c090acefe19a12d22d12cac45c5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33f6b8a96dda045789796c3bcb451c74ac158039Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54f7f0eaafa56b5994cdb5c7967946922c2e1d22Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d898f943766440cf766d30364e715111c3563b5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bd4b0c4779f978a6528c9b7937d2ca18e936e2cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d448bbab724b94d6c561e1f314656f5b88a7cb3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b367cb44d919f35b07cd56feffa15e68cd9f53f9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcbcccfc5195c9caaa4bb8d31f23c345f00a9e89Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.