CVE-2026-43291 — net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data
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 para…
Published: 2026-05-08 · CVSS: 8.3 · CVSS 3.1
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).
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7