{
  "cveId": "CVE-2026-98581",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98581",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-98581 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98581, released October 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()  nfc_llcp_recv_dm() handles DM(NOBOUND)/DM(REJ) for a socket that is still linked on local-\u003Econnecting_sockets: it looks the socket up with nfc_llcp_connecting_sock_get(), sets sk-\u003Esk_state = LLCP_CLOSED and returns, without taking the socket lock and without unlinking the socket from the connecting_sockets list.  llcp_sock_release() selects the list to unlink from by sk_state: a socket in LLCP_CONNECTING is unlinked from connecting_sockets, otherwise from the sockets list.  Because recv_dm left the socket physically on connecting_sockets but in the LLCP_CLOSED state, release() takes the else branch and calls nfc_llcp_sock_unlink(\u0026local-\u003Esockets, sk).  That runs sk_del_node_init() while holding sockets.lock, i.e. it removes the socket from the connecting_sockets hlist under the wrong lock.  A concurrent connect() linking another socket onto connecting_sockets under connecting_sockets.lock then mutates the same hlist unserialized, which corrupts the list and desyncs the sk_add_node()/sk_del_node_init() sock_hold()/__sock_put() pairing.  An unprivileged local process holding LLCP sockets, with the DM supplied by the remote peer over an established LLCP link, can drive this to leak kernel sockets without bound (the mis-decrement goes through the non-freeing __sock_put() path, so the object is never released), leading to memory exhaustion / DoS.  This is the same class of bug that was fixed in the sibling handler nfc_llcp_recv_cc() by commit b493ea2765cc (\u0022nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free race in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()\u0022); recv_dm did not receive the equivalent fix.  Fix it the same way: take lock_sock(), re-check that the socket is still hashed (release() may have won the race), and for the NOBOUND/REJ case unlink it from connecting_sockets before moving it to LLCP_CLOSED.  The unlink drops the connecting_sockets membership reference via sk_del_node_init(), leaving the socket unhashed, so the later nfc_llcp_sock_unlink() in llcp_sock_release() becomes a no-op and no double put occurs.",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:10Z",
  "severity": "Important",
  "cvss": 7.1,
  "epss": 0.00216,
  "epssPercentile": 0.12157,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-98581",
  "fixes": [
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      "fixedVersion": "6.4.0-150700.53.90.1",
      "fix": "SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-5091-1",
      "released": "2026-11-07T00:43:02Z"
    },
    {
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      "product": "kernel-azure",
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      "released": "2026-11-07T00:43:02Z"
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  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T06:59:42Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
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