CVE-2026-23291 (GCVE-0-2026-23291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 10:26 – Updated: 2026-03-25 10:26
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Title
nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect When the device is disconnected from the driver, there is a "dangling" reference count on the usb interface that was grabbed in the probe callback. Fix this up by properly dropping the reference after we are done with it.
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Linux Linux Affected: c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 , < 7398d6570501edc55a50ece820f369ab3c1df2e7 (git)
Affected: c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 , < d1f6d20b3c2642ec85ce6ea5da7155746c31c6d0 (git)
Affected: c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 , < 7ff14eb070f0efecb2606f8d7aa01b77d188e886 (git)
Affected: c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 , < 00477cab053dc4816b99141d8fcca7a479cfebeb (git)
Affected: c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 , < 4551d6cea00224ab65a0ef35e4e6da0e9c0a2d74 (git)
Affected: c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 , < 12133a483dfa832241fbbf09321109a0ea8a520e (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.167 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.130 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.77 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.17 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.7 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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