Bug 2420230 (CVE-2022-50656)

Summary:	CVE-2022-50656 kernel: nfc: pn533: Clear nfc_target before being used
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-09 01:01:52 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: pn533: Clear nfc_target before being used

Fix a slab-out-of-bounds read that occurs in nla_put() called from
nfc_genl_send_target() when target->sensb_res_len, which is duplicated
from an nfc_target in pn533, is too large as the nfc_target is not
properly initialized and retains garbage values. Clear nfc_targets with
memset() before they are used.

Found by a modified version of syzkaller.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nla_put
Call Trace:
 memcpy
 nla_put
 nfc_genl_dump_targets
 genl_lock_dumpit
 netlink_dump
 __netlink_dump_start
 genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit
 genl_rcv_msg
 netlink_rcv_skb
 genl_rcv
 netlink_unicast
 netlink_sendmsg
 sock_sendmsg
 ____sys_sendmsg
 ___sys_sendmsg
 __sys_sendmsg
 do_syscall_64

Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-12-10 09:04:12 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120938-CVE-2022-50656-4655@gregkh/T