CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63915

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the NFC HCI stack within nfc_hci_recv_from_llc() and nci_hci_data_received_cb(). A malicious NFC peer can send a zero-length HCP frame, causing an out-of-bounds heap read and potentially a skb_over_panic during reassembly.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely trigger a kernel memory leak or a system crash (kernel panic), compromising confidentiality and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit adding pskb_may_pull() before accessing the HCP header).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: hci: fix out-of-bounds read in HCP header parsing Both nfc_hci_recv_from_llc() and nci_hci_data_received_cb() read packet->header from skb->data at function entry without first checking that the buffer holds at least one byte. A malicious NFC peer can send a 0-byte HCP frame that passes through the SHDLC layer and reaches these functions, causing an out-of-bounds heap read of packet->header. The same 0-byte frame, if queued as a non-final fragment, also causes the reassembly loop to underflow msg_len to UINT_MAX, triggering skb_over_panic() when the reassembled skb is written. Fix this by adding a pskb_may_pull() check at the entry of each function before packet->header is first accessed. The existing pskb_may_pull() checks before the reassembled hcp_skb is cast to struct hcp_packet remain in place to guard the 2-byte HCP message header.

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