CVE-2026-98482 json
nfc: llcp: drop truncated I/RR/RNR PDUs in nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc()
published 24d ago modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-103722
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfc: llcp: drop truncated I/RR/RNR PDUs in nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc()
nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc() reads the sequence byte skb->data[2], via nfc_llcp_ns()/nfc_llcp_nr(), before any length check. The receive path only guarantees the two-byte LLCP header -- __nfc_llcp_recv() checks it with pskb_may_pull() and nfc_llcp_recv_agf() admits two-byte inner PDUs -- so a two-byte I, RR or RNR PDU reads one byte of uninitialised skb tailroom. The byte becomes N(R)/N(S); a peer can already set those with a well-formed PDU, so this is acting on uninitialised memory, not new peer control.
Guard the read with pskb_may_pull(), as commit 95674f506c63 ("nfc: llcp: reject PDUs shorter than the LLCP header") did for the two-byte header, so the sequence byte is present and linear before it is read. RR and RNR PDUs are LLCP_HEADER_SIZE + LLCP_SEQUENCE_SIZE bytes and an I PDU is longer, so no valid frame is rejected; a truncated PDU is malformed, so return without a DM reply.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.9-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.113-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98482
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-149.149
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1069.74
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1073.81
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98482
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3afdbebfee2ef7e9510880868cfb482cbffe6836 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b4086eb67a9a3b1ce69fef1b6793827363703ce commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/51b6d73373589abb9de4d84767b0db1bc8d395d9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/066205553a0106565bcede934f5721c25ebd6e4e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/18f60ee882403d5b48097f5f6ae45f794e4cc643 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/810f204ef8f61f0c930cf6b3280050b3ee6a8ae7 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/744e61bd06188d8bb068c26a461c252f242b05c9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/273f9d667cde649f8de9d72b1303cc2f4b658c50 commit
Is CVE-2026-98482 in your stack? Fencer shows which of your repositories are affected as soon as an advisory lands, and opens the fix as a pull request.
Check with FencerVendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98482 updated cvss 6.5
kernel: nfc: llcp: drop truncated I/RR/RNR PDUs in nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc()
-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/3afdbebfee2ef7e9510880868cfb482cbffe6836
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9b4086eb67a9a3b1ce69fef1b6793827363703ce
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/51b6d73373589abb9de4d84767b0db1bc8d395d9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/066205553a0106565bcede934f5721c25ebd6e4e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/18f60ee882403d5b48097f5f6ae45f794e4cc643
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/810f204ef8f61f0c930cf6b3280050b3ee6a8ae7
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/744e61bd06188d8bb068c26a461c252f242b05c9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/273f9d667cde649f8de9d72b1303cc2f4b658c50
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98482
- NVD CVE-2026-98482
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.