High 8.8Published Jun 21, 2024

CVE-2024-38381nfc: nci: Fix uninit-value in nci_rx_work

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 3:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: Fix uninit-value in nci_rx_work syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1] nci_rx_work() parses received packet from ndev->rx_q. It should be validated header size, payload size and total packet size before processing the packet. If an invalid packet is detected, it should be silently discarded.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 14, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	11387b2effbb55f58dc2111ef4b4b896f2756240 builds before 406cfac9debd4a6d3dc5d9258ee086372a8c08b6; from 03fe259649a551d336a7f20919b641ea100e3fff before 485ded868ed62ceb2acb3a459d7843fd71472619; from 755e53bbc61bc1aff90eafa64c8c2464fd3dfa3c before f80b786ab0550d0020191a59077b2c7e069db2d1; from ac68d9fa09e410fa3ed20fb721d56aa558695e16 before ad4d196d2008c7f413167f0a693feb4f0439d7fe; from b51ec7fc9f877ef869c01d3ea6f18f6a64e831a7 before e8c8e0d0d214c877fbad555df5b3ed558cd9b0c3; from a946ebee45b09294c8b0b0e77410b763c4d2817a before e53a7f8afcbd2886f2a94c5d56757328109730ea; from d24b03535e5eb82e025219c2f632b485409c898f before 017ff397624930fd7ac7f1761f3c9d6a7100f68c; from d24b03535e5eb82e025219c2f632b485409c898f before e4a87abf588536d1cdfb128595e6e680af5cf3ed; and 8 more ranges	CNA record
Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P siemens:ruggedcom_rst2428p (from the name)	before V3.1	CISA ADP
Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family siemens:scalance_xc_300_xr_300_xc_400_xr_500wg_xr_500_family (from the name)	all versions not affected	CISA ADP
Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-/XCH-/XRH-300 family siemens:scalance_xcm_xrm_xch_xrh_300_family (from the name)	before V3.1	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.19.312 before 4.19.316; from 5.4.274 before 5.4.278; from 5.10.215 before 5.10.219; from 5.15.154 before 5.15.161; from 6.1.85 before 6.1.93; from 6.6.26 before 6.6.33; from 6.8.5 before 6.9.4	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/406cfac9debd4a6d3dc5d9258ee086372a8c08b6	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/485ded868ed62ceb2acb3a459d7843fd71472619	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f80b786ab0550d0020191a59077b2c7e069db2d1	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad4d196d2008c7f413167f0a693feb4f0439d7fe	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8c8e0d0d214c877fbad555df5b3ed558cd9b0c3	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e53a7f8afcbd2886f2a94c5d56757328109730ea	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017ff397624930fd7ac7f1761f3c9d6a7100f68c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4a87abf588536d1cdfb128595e6e680af5cf3ed	patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
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