Riskcovery

CVE-2026-23291

nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Mar 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Jan 13, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before 6645b030b0c1fc5bf338bffb0044238f24b2f770Affected
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before 5be8aa2bcfb53158436182db8dee9d0b8e5901e6Affected
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before 7398d6570501edc55a50ece820f369ab3c1df2e7Affected
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before d1f6d20b3c2642ec85ce6ea5da7155746c31c6d0Affected
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before 7ff14eb070f0efecb2606f8d7aa01b77d188e886Affected
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before 00477cab053dc4816b99141d8fcca7a479cfebebAffected
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before 4551d6cea00224ab65a0ef35e4e6da0e9c0a2d74Affected
  • c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4 to before 12133a483dfa832241fbbf09321109a0ea8a520eAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.1Affected
  • before 3.1Not affected
  • 5.10.253 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.203 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.167 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.130 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.77 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.17 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.7 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

References

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