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Harmless on the success path\ntoo -- send_snl_sdreq() drains the list as it moves nodes, so it's\nalready empty by the time free_list runs."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/nfc/netlink.c"],"versions":[{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"5b1eca82085134bd92cd3810b0ef003c91e3f668","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"d3f60a7fc291d08cd9192a3b4cd5d3a223fa7d02","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"755bfc409748d8f3df64eb0eb26926270de3dd77","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"e43ec0191c1630f41e7043ac729ea6f1b8044a7f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"08d2c069239ab425fdd333784a6a3b3e034e4aa0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"cbde7f5d326172d6dbb55cca0df42fa7e1ed8115","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"0b01a946b0f234f5badd25968610b585a4895f08","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d9b8d8e19b073096d3609bbd60f82148d128b555","lessThan":"66f4300206b82b0b143ef0d9be90cd8d29f23a47","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/nfc/netlink.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.271","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.222","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.55","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.9","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.271"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.222"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.189"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.112"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.55"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.10","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b1eca82085134bd92cd3810b0ef003c91e3f668"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3f60a7fc291d08cd9192a3b4cd5d3a223fa7d02"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/755bfc409748d8f3df64eb0eb26926270de3dd77"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e43ec0191c1630f41e7043ac729ea6f1b8044a7f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08d2c069239ab425fdd333784a6a3b3e034e4aa0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbde7f5d326172d6dbb55cca0df42fa7e1ed8115"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b01a946b0f234f5badd25968610b585a4895f08"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f4300206b82b0b143ef0d9be90cd8d29f23a47"}],"title":"nfc: llcp: fix sdreq TLV list leak on parse/alloc/send failure","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}