HIGH Introduced in 3.3
nfc ConnectSn OOB
CVE-2026-80800
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
01Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: bound the connect_sn TLV walk to the skb Commit 27256cdb290e ("nfc: llcp: bound SNL TLV parsing to the skb and add length checks") fixed the unbounded TLV walk in nfc_llcp_recv_snl(), and commit d8bd2dedbde5 ("nfc: llcp: fix OOB read and u8 offset wrap in TLV parsers") subsequently bounded nfc_llcp_parse_gb_tlv() and nfc_llcp_parse_connection_tlv(). One sibling parser sharing the same pattern remains unbounded: nfc_llcp_connect_sn(). nfc_llcp_connect_sn() walks a TLV list, reading a two-byte header (type, length) followed by length bytes of value, without checking that the two header bytes or the declared length stay within the buffer. It returns a pointer to a service name of up to 255 bytes that may point past the end of the skb; it is subsequently consumed by memcmp() in nfc_llcp_sock_from_sn(). In addition tlv_array_len was computed as "skb->len - LLCP_HEADER_SIZE" in size_t, so a CONNECT/CC frame shorter than the LLCP header underflows to a huge length and the walk runs far past the buffer. nfc_llcp_connect_sn() is reachable from nfc_llcp_recv_connect() and nfc_llcp_recv_cc(), i.e. from received CONNECT and CC PDUs. A nearby NFC device can reach this without authentication; LLCP link activation happens automatically after NFC-DEP, and the nfc_llcp_rx_skb() dispatcher applies no minimum-length guard. Walk the TLV list by pointer, bounded by skb_tail_pointer(skb), and validate each declared length before use, matching the approach already used for nfc_llcp_recv_snl(). Starting the walk at &skb->data[LLCP_HEADER_SIZE] against the tail pointer also removes the size_t underflow for short frames. Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai).
02KernelScan AI Analysis
Risk summary
A nearby NFC device can send a crafted CONNECT or CC PDU that triggers an unbounded TLV walk in the kernel NFC LLCP parser, reading attacker-influenced lengths of memory past the frame buffer. No authentication or user privileges are required—only an active NFC interface and physical proximity. The over-read can leak kernel memory and may crash the kernel if it crosses into unmapped pages.
Vulnerability analysis
The NFC LLCP connection service-name parser walks a TLV list inside received CONNECT and CC protocol frames without checking that each TLV header and its declared length stay within the frame buffer. A frame shorter than the LLCP header also causes an unsigned length calculation to wrap to a huge value, letting the walk run far past the buffer. The parser returns a pointer into this out-of-bounds region that is then used in a comparison, reading attacker-influenced lengths of kernel memory. The fix bounds the walk by the buffer's tail pointer and validates each TLV length before use, eliminating both the over-read and the underflow. A nearby NFC device can trigger this without authentication, since LLCP link activation is automatic after NFC-DEP activation; no user account or privileges are needed, only an active NFC interface.
Lifecycle
03Fix Versions
| Branch | Introduced | Fixed in | Patch commit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.10 | 3.3 | 5.10.267 | b2ebdfe3d5b7 |
| 6.1 | 3.3 | 6.1.185 | 65a0ec7783b0 |
| 6.6 | 3.3 | 6.6.154 | 1964addc8dd5 |
| 6.12 | 3.3 | 6.12.106 | 389986fd79e4 |
| 7.1 | 3.3 | 7.1.11 | 22e5177ba119 |
| 7.2 | 3.3 | 7.2.1 | 0cfbdb0e13ab |
| mainline | 3.3 | 7.3-rc1 | 55c68ac93e7d |
| 5.15 | 3.3 | 5.15.218 | e18d044bab6d |
| 6.18 | 3.3 | 6.18.47 | e87527b506c4 |
| cip/5.10 | 3.3 | 5.10.268-cip77 | b2ebdfe3d5b7 |
| cip/5.10-rt | 3.3 | 5.10.268-cip77-rt34 | b2ebdfe3d5b7 |
| cip/6.1 | 3.3 | 6.1.187-cip60 | 65a0ec7783b0 |
| cip/6.12 | 3.3 | 6.12.108-cip31 | 389986fd79e4 |