CVE-2026-98581

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm() nfc_llcp_recv_dm() handles DM(NOBOUND)/DM(REJ) for a socket that is still linked on local->connecting_sockets: it looks the socket up with nfc_llcp_connecting_sock_get(), sets sk->sk_state = LLCP_CLOSED and returns, without taking the socket lock and without unlinking the socket from the connecting_sockets list. llcp_sock_release() selects the list to unlink from by sk_state: a socket in LLCP_CONNECTING is unlinked from connecting_sockets, otherwise from the sockets list. Because recv_dm left the socket physically on connecting_sockets but in the LLCP_CLOSED state, release() takes the else branch and calls nfc_llcp_sock_unlink(&local->sockets, sk). That runs sk_del_node_init() while holding sockets.lock, i.e. it removes the socket from the connecting_sockets hlist under the wrong lock. A concurrent connect() linking another socket onto connecting_sockets under connecting_sockets.lock then mutates the same hlist unserialized, which corrupts the list and desyncs the sk_add_node()/sk_del_node_init() sock_hold()/__sock_put() pairing. An unprivileged local process holding LLCP sockets, with the DM supplied by the remote peer over an established LLCP link, can drive this to leak kernel sockets without bound (the mis-decrement goes through the non-freeing __sock_put() path, so the object is never released), leading to memory exhaustion / DoS. This is the same class of bug that was fixed in the sibling handler nfc_llcp_recv_cc() by commit b493ea2765cc ("nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free race in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()"); recv_dm did not receive the equivalent fix. Fix it the same way: take lock_sock(), re-check that the socket is still hashed (release() may have won the race), and for the NOBOUND/REJ case unlink it from connecting_sockets before moving it to LLCP_CLOSED. The unlink drops the connecting_sockets membership reference via sk_del_node_init(), leaving the socket unhashed, so the later nfc_llcp_sock_unlink() in llcp_sock_release() becomes a no-op and no double put occurs.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-18 16:17:10.610000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:19:18.807000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:10.610",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:19:18.807",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()\n\nnfc_llcp_recv_dm() handles DM(NOBOUND)/DM(REJ) for a socket that is still\nlinked on local->connecting_sockets: it looks the socket up with\nnfc_llcp_connecting_sock_get(), sets sk->sk_state = LLCP_CLOSED and\nreturns, without taking the socket lock and without unlinking the socket\nfrom the connecting_sockets list.\n\nllcp_sock_release() selects the list to unlink from by sk_state: a socket\nin LLCP_CONNECTING is unlinked from connecting_sockets, otherwise from the\nsockets list.  Because recv_dm left the socket physically on\nconnecting_sockets but in the LLCP_CLOSED state, release() takes the else\nbranch and calls nfc_llcp_sock_unlink(&local->sockets, sk).  That runs\nsk_del_node_init() while holding sockets.lock, i.e. it removes the socket\nfrom the connecting_sockets hlist under the wrong lock.  A concurrent\nconnect() linking another socket onto connecting_sockets under\nconnecting_sockets.lock then mutates the same hlist unserialized, which\ncorrupts the list and desyncs the sk_add_node()/sk_del_node_init()\nsock_hold()/__sock_put() pairing.  An unprivileged local process holding\nLLCP sockets, with the DM supplied by the remote peer over an established\nLLCP link, can drive this to leak kernel sockets without bound (the\nmis-decrement goes through the non-freeing __sock_put() path, so the\nobject is never released), leading to memory exhaustion / DoS.\n\nThis is the same class of bug that was fixed in the sibling handler\nnfc_llcp_recv_cc() by commit b493ea2765cc (\"nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free\nrace in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()\"); recv_dm did not receive the equivalent fix.\n\nFix it the same way: take lock_sock(), re-check that the socket is still\nhashed (release() may have won the race), and for the NOBOUND/REJ case\nunlink it from connecting_sockets before moving it to LLCP_CLOSED.  The\nunlink drops the connecting_sockets membership reference via\nsk_del_node_init(), leaving the socket unhashed, so the later\nnfc_llcp_sock_unlink() in llcp_sock_release() becomes a no-op and no\ndouble put occurs."
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