CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-90224

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.30%

23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel NFC NCI subsystem, nci_close_device() and nci_rx_work can concurrently call nci_data_exchange_complete(), leading to a double sock_put() and refcount underflow that frees a socket still in use (use-after-free). The fix replaces clear_bit() with test_and_clear_bit() so only the first caller proceeds.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could trigger a use-after-free in the kernel, potentially leading to a system crash or privilege escalation. This requires access to an NFC NCI interface and racing the completion path.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2026-90224. Restrict access to NFC interfaces for unprivileged users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: fix double completion race in nci_data_exchange_complete nci_close_device() and nci_rx_work can both call nci_data_exchange_complete() concurrently. After commit 4527025d440ce8 ("nfc: nci: fix circular locking dependency in nci_close_device") moved flush_workqueue(ndev->rx_wq) after mutex_unlock(&ndev->req_lock), rx_work is no longer serialized with the explicit completion call in the close path. Both callers read the non-NULL callback pointer and invoke rawsock_data_exchange_complete(), which calls sock_put() -- but only one sock_hold() was taken, so the second sock_put() underflows the refcount and frees the socket while it is still in use. Replace the bare clear_bit(NCI_DATA_EXCHANGE) with test_and_clear_bit() so that only the first caller proceeds to invoke the callback.

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