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HIGH Introduced in 3.3

nfc ConnectSn OOB

CVE-2026-80800

CVSS 7.8 / 10.0 KernelScan AI

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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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).

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Engine v0.6.0

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.

Affectednet/nfc/llcp_core.c (NFC LLCP)

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.

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BranchIntroducedFixed inPatch commit
5.103.35.10.267b2ebdfe3d5b7
5.153.35.15.218e18d044bab6d
6.13.36.1.18565a0ec7783b0
6.123.36.12.106389986fd79e4
6.183.36.18.47e87527b506c4
6.63.36.6.1541964addc8dd5
7.13.37.1.1122e5177ba119
7.23.37.2.10cfbdb0e13ab
mainline3.37.355c68ac93e7d
cip/5.103.35.10.268-cip77b2ebdfe3d5b7
cip/5.10-rt3.35.10.268-cip77-rt34b2ebdfe3d5b7
cip/6.13.36.1.187-cip6065a0ec7783b0
cip/6.1-rt3.36.1.189-cip61-rt3265a0ec7783b0
cip/6.123.36.12.108-cip31389986fd79e4

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State of the newest release of each Civil Infrastructure Platform SLTS tree, from CIP's own fix records.

CIP treeState
cip/6.12Fixed in 6.12.108-cip31
cip/6.1Fixed in 6.1.187-cip60
cip/6.1-rtFixed in 6.1.189-cip61-rt32
cip/5.10Fixed in 5.10.268-cip77
cip/5.10-rtFixed in 5.10.268-cip77-rt34
cip/4.19Affected — no CIP fix yet (latest 4.19.325-cip136)
cip/4.19-rtAffected — no CIP fix yet (latest 4.19.325-cip136-rt50)
cip/4.4Affected — no CIP fix yet (latest 4.4.302-cip115)
cip/4.4-rtAffected — no CIP fix yet (latest 4.4.302-cip115-rt63)