Bug 2451268 (CVE-2026-23339) - CVE-2026-23339 kernel: nfc: nci: free skb on nci_transceive early error paths
Summary: CVE-2026-23339 kernel: nfc: nci: free skb on nci_transceive early error paths
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23339
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-03-25 11:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-25 12:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-25 11:08:01 UTC
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


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