Not yet scoredPublished Sep 4, 2026

CVE-2026-80801nfc: microread: validate target discovery payload lengths

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:40 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: microread: validate target discovery payload lengths microread_target_discovered() parses target discovery payloads from skb->data according to the HCI gate. The fixed field offsets and UID copies were checked only against the destination nfc_target buffers, not against the actual skb length. Validate that each gate-specific payload contains the fixed fields and UID bytes before reading or copying them.

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before c6de4241f2efbbab286efbb84a9c7190298b3052; from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before 92a6f0201bb68391b5eba1b3f330af007d7323b6; from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before cb298672282421159e53ab311fe49d204c8a52da; from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before 18f02354ed229b8e4561b580812d026e7eb29c85; from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before e6397fe7b8b5ef18e051f49612d40ff476c5f7d9; from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before d0902a7c454326c6384c614226ab8987f3fd425d; from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before dabfa26a208e56f4d8dbf26fddc48f188bdb0649; from cfad1ba87150e198be9ea32367a24e500e59de2c before 953963b9ac5eecbb316617d337bfaa3d731e3c5e; and 1 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6de4241f2efbbab286efbb84a9c7190298b3052
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92a6f0201bb68391b5eba1b3f330af007d7323b6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb298672282421159e53ab311fe49d204c8a52da
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18f02354ed229b8e4561b580812d026e7eb29c85
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6397fe7b8b5ef18e051f49612d40ff476c5f7d9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0902a7c454326c6384c614226ab8987f3fd425d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dabfa26a208e56f4d8dbf26fddc48f188bdb0649
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/953963b9ac5eecbb316617d337bfaa3d731e3c5e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25519469972ef57c3edb1805dabd6c5612b90211

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