{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98581","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.358Z","datePublished":"2026-10-18T15:18:54.696Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:22:07.016Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:22:07.016Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()\n\nnfc_llcp_recv_dm() handles DM(NOBOUND)/DM(REJ) for a socket that is still\nlinked on local->connecting_sockets: it looks the socket up with\nnfc_llcp_connecting_sock_get(), sets sk->sk_state = LLCP_CLOSED and\nreturns, without taking the socket lock and without unlinking the socket\nfrom the connecting_sockets list.\n\nllcp_sock_release() selects the list to unlink from by sk_state: a socket\nin LLCP_CONNECTING is unlinked from connecting_sockets, otherwise from the\nsockets list.  Because recv_dm left the socket physically on\nconnecting_sockets but in the LLCP_CLOSED state, release() takes the else\nbranch and calls nfc_llcp_sock_unlink(&local->sockets, sk).  That runs\nsk_del_node_init() while holding sockets.lock, i.e. it removes the socket\nfrom the connecting_sockets hlist under the wrong lock.  A concurrent\nconnect() linking another socket onto connecting_sockets under\nconnecting_sockets.lock then mutates the same hlist unserialized, which\ncorrupts the list and desyncs the sk_add_node()/sk_del_node_init()\nsock_hold()/__sock_put() pairing.  An unprivileged local process holding\nLLCP sockets, with the DM supplied by the remote peer over an established\nLLCP link, can drive this to leak kernel sockets without bound (the\nmis-decrement goes through the non-freeing __sock_put() path, so the\nobject is never released), leading to memory exhaustion / DoS.\n\nThis is the same class of bug that was fixed in the sibling handler\nnfc_llcp_recv_cc() by commit b493ea2765cc (\"nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free\nrace in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()\"); recv_dm did not receive the equivalent fix.\n\nFix it the same way: take lock_sock(), re-check that the socket is still\nhashed (release() may have won the race), and for the NOBOUND/REJ case\nunlink it from connecting_sockets before moving it to LLCP_CLOSED.  The\nunlink drops the connecting_sockets membership reference via\nsk_del_node_init(), leaving the socket unhashed, so the later\nnfc_llcp_sock_unlink() in llcp_sock_release() becomes a no-op and no\ndouble put occurs."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/nfc/llcp_core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"dd2d24add86b3b63cd87cf2feff98ae119ba19a6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"812731dd8511f5768f4ff279b3c18d85cd21da4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"dba1d9c7134afcb4b1bfad8c1b1b3f0ab5189b08","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"c1e9ed52a6697354366dddf190fbacee8ed2f7c5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"7fb2c0eeb79bfad64065f539a453138abd0edda6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"b94cf09720543cc34256c7aa88f8059cbe7c0419","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"320a2ff49bdce3f9a437b9a9ff341ff27d3bdbf1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f","lessThan":"bf1460acdf8cf5a07c819f59785d40f20d113099","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/llcp_core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.6","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":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.271"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.222"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.189"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.112"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.55"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.6","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd2d24add86b3b63cd87cf2feff98ae119ba19a6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/812731dd8511f5768f4ff279b3c18d85cd21da4b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba1d9c7134afcb4b1bfad8c1b1b3f0ab5189b08"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1e9ed52a6697354366dddf190fbacee8ed2f7c5"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb2c0eeb79bfad64065f539a453138abd0edda6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b94cf09720543cc34256c7aa88f8059cbe7c0419"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/320a2ff49bdce3f9a437b9a9ff341ff27d3bdbf1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf1460acdf8cf5a07c819f59785d40f20d113099"}],"title":"nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}