CVE-2026-98483

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98483
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98483.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98483
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:15:57Z
Modified
2026-10-20T02:30:13Z
Summary
nfc: fix use-after-free in nfc_get_local_general_bytes
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: fix use-after-free in nfc_get_local_general_bytes

Commit 6709d4b7bc2e ("net: nfc: Fix use-after-free caused by nfc_llcp_find_local") attempted to fix a use-after-free (UAF) issue by invoking nfc_llcp_local_put(local) after accessing local->gb. However, if the reference count drops to zero, local is freed immediately, leading to a use-after-free when callers access the returned pointer. Alternative approaches using dynamic allocation (e.g. kmemdup) introduced memory leaks because callers consistently treat the returned pointer as borrowed memory.

Fix this properly by refactoring nfc_llcp_general_bytes() and nfc_get_local_general_bytes() to accept a caller-provided output buffer (out_gb) and its maximum length (gb_max_len). The general bytes are safely copied into out_gb before calling nfc_llcp_local_put(local), ensuring safe lifetime management without ownership transfer complications.

Update all callers across drivers (microread, pn533, pn544, st21nfca, digital_dep, and nci) to provide their own destination buffers and pass them to nfc_get_local_general_bytes().

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98483.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
96f2c6f272ec04083d828de46285a7d7b17d1aad
Fixed
25bfa673adc70189c0bc872940421ae59f789cf6
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
fc8429f8d86801f092fbfbd257c3af821ac0dcd3
Fixed
2b31d0cc95856c856ada91f943fb14dfdf29a923
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
425d9d3a92df7d96b3cfb7ee5c240293a21cbde3
Fixed
c40f61a6a413f3eaf028e5fe367fd9749e503ab0
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6709d4b7bc2e079241fdef15d1160581c5261c10
Fixed
19bcfc2a56d0b82919079b5424c5a9a0ac897dcf
Fixed
d8c929e9afdbc33b1876ecb97a517e850449b5bd
Fixed
841af260ff477f6191872bc3b2e15488615c1827
Fixed
9ede11e12f965ace97c4e0f606667f24fb41e7e1
Fixed
dcab71a7011918f6fdba7adcec02d217dcb84b8d
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.10.188
Fixed
5.10.271
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.15.121
Fixed
5.15.222
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.1.39
Fixed
6.1.189
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
5.4.251
Fixed
5.5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.3.13
Fixed
6.4
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.4.4
Fixed
6.5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
dd6ff3f3862709ab1a12566e73b9d6a9b8f6e548
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b3ad46e155a6d91b36c6e892019a43e3ef3c696d
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
e5207c1d69b1a9707615ab6ff9376e59fc096815

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.10.188
v5.10.189
v5.10.190
v5.10.191
v5.10.192
v5.10.193
v5.10.194
v5.10.195
v5.10.196
v5.10.197
v5.10.198
v5.10.199
v5.10.200
v5.10.201
v5.10.202
v5.10.203
v5.10.204
v5.10.205
v5.10.206
v5.10.207
v5.10.208
v5.10.209
v5.10.210
v5.10.211
v5.10.212
v5.10.213
v5.10.214
v5.10.215
v5.10.216
v5.10.217
v5.10.218
v5.10.219
v5.10.220
v5.10.221
v5.10.222
v5.10.223
v5.10.224
v5.10.225
v5.10.226
v5.10.227
v5.10.228
v5.10.229
v5.10.230
v5.10.231
v5.10.232
v5.10.233
v5.10.234
v5.10.235
v5.10.236
v5.10.237
v5.10.238
v5.10.239
v5.10.240
v5.10.241
v5.10.242
v5.10.243
v5.10.244
v5.10.245
v5.10.246
v5.10.247
v5.10.248
v5.10.249
v5.10.250
v5.10.251
v5.10.252
v5.10.253
v5.10.254
v5.10.255
v5.10.256
v5.10.257
v5.10.258
v5.10.259
v5.10.260
v5.10.261
v5.10.262
v5.10.263
v5.10.264
v5.10.265
v5.10.266
v5.10.267
v5.10.268
v5.10.269
v5.10.270
v5.15.121
v5.15.122
v5.15.123
v5.15.124
v5.15.125
v5.15.126
v5.15.127
v5.15.128
v5.15.129
v5.15.130
v5.15.131
v5.15.132
v5.15.133
v5.15.134
v5.15.135
v5.15.136
v5.15.137
v5.15.138
v5.15.139
v5.15.140
v5.15.141
v5.15.142
v5.15.143
v5.15.144
v5.15.145
v5.15.146
v5.15.147
v5.15.148
v5.15.149
v5.15.150
v5.15.151
v5.15.152
v5.15.153
v5.15.154
v5.15.155
v5.15.156
v5.15.157
v5.15.158
v5.15.159
v5.15.160
v5.15.161
v5.15.162
v5.15.163
v5.15.164
v5.15.165
v5.15.166
v5.15.167
v5.15.168
v5.15.169
v5.15.170
v5.15.171
v5.15.172
v5.15.173
v5.15.174
v5.15.175
v5.15.176
v5.15.177
v5.15.178
v5.15.179
v5.15.180
v5.15.181
v5.15.182
v5.15.183
v5.15.184
v5.15.185
v5.15.186
v5.15.187
v5.15.188
v5.15.189
v5.15.190
v5.15.191
v5.15.192
v5.15.193
v5.15.194
v5.15.195
v5.15.196
v5.15.197
v5.15.198
v5.15.199
v5.15.200
v5.15.201
v5.15.202
v5.15.203
v5.15.204
v5.15.205
v5.15.206
v5.15.207
v5.15.208
v5.15.209
v5.15.210
v5.15.211
v5.15.212
v5.15.213
v5.15.214
v5.15.215
v5.15.216
v5.15.217
v5.15.218
v5.15.219
v5.15.220
v5.15.221
v5.4.251
v5.4.252
v5.4.253
v5.4.254
v5.4.255
v5.4.256
v5.4.257
v5.4.258
v5.4.259
v5.4.260
v5.4.261
v5.4.262
v5.4.263
v5.4.264
v5.4.265
v5.4.266
v5.4.267
v5.4.268
v5.4.269
v5.4.270
v5.4.271
v5.4.272
v5.4.273
v5.4.274
v5.4.275
v5.4.276
v5.4.277
v5.4.278
v5.4.279
v5.4.280
v5.4.281
v5.4.282
v5.4.283
v5.4.284
v5.4.285
v5.4.286
v5.4.287
v5.4.288
v5.4.289
v5.4.290
v5.4.291
v5.4.292
v5.4.293
v5.4.294
v5.4.295
v5.4.296
v5.4.297
v5.4.298
v5.4.299
v5.4.300
v5.4.301
v5.4.302
v6.*
v6.1.100
v6.1.101
v6.1.102
v6.1.103
v6.1.104
v6.1.105
v6.1.106
v6.1.107
v6.1.108
v6.1.109
v6.1.110
v6.1.111
v6.1.112
v6.1.113
v6.1.114
v6.1.115
v6.1.116
v6.1.117
v6.1.118
v6.1.119
v6.1.120
v6.1.121
v6.1.122
v6.1.123
v6.1.124
v6.1.125
v6.1.126
v6.1.127
v6.1.128
v6.1.129
v6.1.130
v6.1.131
v6.1.132
v6.1.133
v6.1.134
v6.1.135
v6.1.136
v6.1.137
v6.1.138
v6.1.139
v6.1.140
v6.1.141
v6.1.142
v6.1.143
v6.1.144
v6.1.145
v6.1.146
v6.1.147
v6.1.148
v6.1.149
v6.1.150
v6.1.151
v6.1.152
v6.1.153
v6.1.154
v6.1.155
v6.1.156
v6.1.157
v6.1.158
v6.1.159
v6.1.160
v6.1.161
v6.1.162
v6.1.163
v6.1.164
v6.1.165
v6.1.166
v6.1.167
v6.1.168
v6.1.169
v6.1.170
v6.1.171
v6.1.172
v6.1.173
v6.1.174
v6.1.175
v6.1.176
v6.1.177
v6.1.178
v6.1.179
v6.1.180
v6.1.181
v6.1.182
v6.1.183
v6.1.184
v6.1.185
v6.1.186
v6.1.187
v6.1.188
v6.1.39
v6.1.40
v6.1.41
v6.1.42
v6.1.43
v6.1.44
v6.1.45
v6.1.46
v6.1.47
v6.1.48
v6.1.49
v6.1.50
v6.1.51
v6.1.52
v6.1.53
v6.1.54
v6.1.55
v6.1.56
v6.1.57
v6.1.58
v6.1.59
v6.1.60
v6.1.61
v6.1.62
v6.1.63
v6.1.64
v6.1.65
v6.1.66
v6.1.67
v6.1.68
v6.1.69
v6.1.70
v6.1.71
v6.1.72
v6.1.73
v6.1.74
v6.1.75
v6.1.76
v6.1.77
v6.1.78
v6.1.79
v6.1.80
v6.1.81
v6.1.82
v6.1.83
v6.1.84
v6.1.85
v6.1.86
v6.1.87
v6.1.88
v6.1.89
v6.1.90
v6.1.91
v6.1.92
v6.1.93
v6.1.94
v6.1.95
v6.1.96
v6.1.97
v6.1.98
v6.1.99
v6.3.13
v6.4.10
v6.4.11
v6.4.12
v6.4.13
v6.4.14
v6.4.15
v6.4.16
v6.4.4
v6.4.5
v6.4.6
v6.4.7
v6.4.8
v6.4.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98483.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.271
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.222
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.189
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.158
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.5.0
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98483.json"