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CVE-2026-31622

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: digital: Bounds check NFC-A cascade depth in SDD response handler The NFC-A anti-col…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: digital: Bounds check NFC-A cascade depth in SDD response handler The NFC-A anti-collision cascade in digital_in_recv_sdd_res() appends 3 or 4 bytes to target->nfcid1 on each round, but the number of cascade rounds is controlled entirely by the peer device. The peer sets the cascade tag in the SDD_RES (deciding 3 vs 4 bytes) and the cascade-incomplete bit in the SEL_RES (deciding whether another round follows). ISO 14443-3 limits NFC-A to three cascade levels and target->nfcid1 is sized accordingly (NFC_NFCID1_MAXSIZE = 10), but nothing in the driver actually enforces this. This means a malicious peer can keep the cascade running, writing past the heap-allocated nfc_target with each round. Fix this by rejecting the response when the accumulated UID would exceed the buffer. Commit e329e71013c9 ("NFC: nci: Bounds check struct nfc_target arrays") fixed similar missing checks against the same field on the NCI path.

CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-24 15:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥3.13 <6.6.136, ≥6.7 <6.12.83, ≥6.13 <6.18.24, ≥6.19 <6.19.14, ≥7.0 <7.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bec5698b55aa2be5c3b983dba657c01d0fd3dbc
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2819f34e08bdffb6f06a51c67948ec5737fb166a
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46ce8be2ced389bccd84bcc04a12cf2f4d0c22d1
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a59bf70c38ee1eb4be03bab830bbc3a6f0bd1f1
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d9d9bf3565271ca7ab9c716a94e87296177e7ba
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc024a3de265ef6c58957f4990eccb9f806208cb

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC · record ↗

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