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CVE-2026-43291 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data Since commit 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data") communication with nci nfc chips is not working any more. The mentioned commit tries to fix access of uninitialized data, but failed to understand that in some cases the data packet is of variable length and can therefore not be compared to the maximum packet length given by the sizeof(struct).


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b91160e9a91b5a2662875417dc42dc5b0bf03ea kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498fc5d0d650c77e87fcc73808d4f43240c21805 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571dcbeb8e635182bb825ae758399831805693c2 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a24a8a582da4426b2042e510a1080df84083b51d kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad058a4317db7fdb3f09caa6ed536d24a62ce6a0 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c692db813a7e3b7c3c17d6e9a3ad2a018bf1142b kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5218426f765eee22e178df9c126d974792fb6a5 kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-43291
NVD Published Date:
05/08/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/14/2026
Source:
kernel.org