nfc: nci: free skb on nci_transceive early error paths
CVE-2026-23339 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23339, released March 25, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
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
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-azure · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-default · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-docs · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 · sles 15.7 | 1-150700.15.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-source · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-syms · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2238-1 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 6.1.170-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23339 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.85-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23339 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 6.19.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23339 | Mar 25, 2026 |
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