CVE-2026-43291In 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 pac…
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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).
- CVSS
- 8.3 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-908
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.15.195 before 5.15.202; from 6.1.156 before 6.1.165; from 6.6.112 before 6.6.128; from 6.12.53 before 6.12.75; from 6.17.3 before 6.18; from 6.18 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b91160e9a91b5a2662875417dc42dc5b0bf03eapatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498fc5d0d650c77e87fcc73808d4f43240c21805patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571dcbeb8e635182bb825ae758399831805693c2patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a24a8a582da4426b2042e510a1080df84083b51dpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad058a4317db7fdb3f09caa6ed536d24a62ce6a0patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c692db813a7e3b7c3c17d6e9a3ad2a018bf1142bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5218426f765eee22e178df9c126d974792fb6a5patch
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