CVE-2026-80823 PUBLISHED

nfc: st21nfca: validate ATR_REQ length against the received frame

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

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

nfc: st21nfca: validate ATR_REQ length against the received frame

st21nfca_tm_recv_atr_req() checks that the received ATR_REQ frame is at least ST21NFCA_ATR_REQ_MIN_SIZE and that the self-declared atr_req->length is at least sizeof(struct st21nfca_atr_req), but never checks that atr_req->length does not exceed the actual received length (skb->len).

st21nfca_tm_send_atr_res() then trusts the declared length:

<pre>gb_len = atr_req->length - sizeof(struct st21nfca_atr_req); ... memcpy(atr_res->gbi, atr_req->gbi, gb_len); </pre>

so an RF peer that sends a short frame but sets atr_req->length larger than the frame makes gb_len exceed the general bytes actually present, and the memcpy reads out of bounds past the received skb. Those bytes are placed in the ATR_RES and sent back to the peer (kernel-memory disclosure to a proximity attacker); a larger declared length is an out-of-bounds read (DoS).

Reject frames whose declared length exceeds the received length. The adjacent nfc_tm_activated() path in the same function already derives its general-bytes length from skb->len rather than the declared field.

Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis; the missing bound is evident from source. Compile-tested.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to 785df00bb3ae3206674a43284eb06dac575b5c64 (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to 2c1ad291f4cdc357f9527b688c6fda9c6ffa7890 (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to dd26d30f40c43ad9cfe2f25c6ea0ead1dd51d5aa (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to 9635507fe82949e429b3cd938876a9917125b151 (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to 0f344944c506b4f02d2b098489f7268b438c369e (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to bfcca5f42c9aa4eadef1e5fe7bb23783d7fcc96d (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to 304f5b414f4051d324b8c4a3ab0e79f7dc7e150e (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to f33cecf69095c43be88567fef92b180b858f7369 (excl.)
  • affected from 1892bf844ea0261736bd5e75546fc996e9daeedf to 5cdcca5d62a66eda6b774110a44cba67bc1a8d1d (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.267 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.218 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.185 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.154 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.106 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.47 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.11 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.1 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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