CVE-2026-98578 (GCVE-0-2026-98578)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-18 15:18 – Updated: 2026-10-19 09:22
VLAI
Title
nfc: st21nfca: validate ISO15693 inventory length
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: st21nfca: validate ISO15693 inventory length The ISO15693 inventory helper removes a two-byte prefix without checking that it exists, then accepts a one-byte remainder before reading data[1] as the DSFID. Require the prefix and at least two remaining bytes before copying the UID data and reading the DSFID.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7018 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < e47b2a350bb0ff123434ec5484c6dc3333b0727c (git)
Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < 57d183764f3002f9625ee4deeeb20716c519534e (git)
Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < 3af2ea4035581a1607d9830779c187a0c7e225aa (git)
Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < 9fa21b0f78adb514e3bd96a505ddb752e9727ff3 (git)
Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < 6353dae51bc9b3cad13c9d890b53311a46c96b4e (git)
Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < fdd95e819d828c975aaeb258a3fed5dd7fd136d0 (git)
Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < a86987d03a4d39acdbe4533d83db4d656ea36c59 (git)
Affected: 7974728094d35f38775417a26d8f30ea3602496a , < 7f2ea5ed588c03d481f0301e6c3d4240132383fb (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.271 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.222 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.189 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.158 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.112 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.55 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.9 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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