CVE-2026-98580

nfc: llcp: Fix race condition in accept_queue lifecycle

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 18, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: llcp: Fix race condition in accept_queue lifecycle

In nfc_llcp_socket_release(), sockets and listener accept queues are walked under the local sockets rwlock and bh_lock_sock(). However, bh_lock_sock() does not synchronise against process-context lock_sock() held by nfc_llcp_accept_dequeue() during accept(). Because socket_release() does not check sock_owned_by_user(), both paths can concurrently unlink and release the same child socket, resulting in use-after-free or a NULL pointer dereference of child->parent in nfc_llcp_accept_unlink().

Fix this synchronisation race by having nfc_llcp_socket_release() use process-context lock_sock() instead of bh_lock_sock():

1. Pop sockets from the local sockets list under the write lock using nfc_llcp_sock_list_pop() so lock_sock() can be acquired without holding the rwlock.

2. Because lock_sock() can sleep, defer the final release of the nfc_llcp_local structure to a workqueue (release_work). This avoids a sleeping-in-atomic bug when the last local reference is dropped from softirq context. Additionally, hold a single device reference on local from registration until final destruction.

3. In nfc_llcp_local_get(), use kref_get_unless_zero() to prevent resurrecting a local object whose teardown has been scheduled.

4. In llcp_sock_accept(), verify that the listener socket state is still LLCP_LISTEN after waking from schedule_timeout() to prevent hangs if the listener is closed concurrently.

5. When unlinking unaccepted child sockets during listener release, unlink them from local->sockets, call sock_orphan(), and drop their initial sk_alloc creation reference via sock_put().

6. Make nfc_llcp_accept_unlink() idempotent by guarding parent access with a NULL check.

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Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before 54adcabb0f1deef1bdae5fc64779ed6d442721c9Affected
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before 7c938aad5108382c6ad7453c4b5ee8ae3f3252edAffected
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before d2093a0981138876212bc5f473bdbfba0786e064Affected
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before 41256821762a7114906b178826d17098e2fa5992Affected
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before 53867f6acb1af7f12d6485fa8a2819318f89083bAffected
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before da8a07757383614a8380a0f7dd54749d2687b82eAffected
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before d5e1c92d09caed19f2988739695ce611a86ba6f8Affected
  • 50b78b2a6500d0e97c204c1b6c51df8c17358bbe to before c3eef2f988a3db9690369d7cef9a3344dd9788d3Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.7Affected
  • before 3.7Not affected
  • 5.10.271 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.222 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.189 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.158 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.112 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.55 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.9 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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