High severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-31622
NFC: digital: Bounds check NFC-A cascade depth in SDD response handler
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
NFC: digital: Bounds check NFC-A cascade depth in SDD response handler
The NFC-A anti-collision cascade in digital_in_recv_sdd_res() appends 3
or 4 bytes to target->nfcid1 on each round, but the number of cascade
rounds is controlled entirely by the peer device. The peer sets the
cascade tag in the SDD_RES (deciding 3 vs 4 bytes) and the
cascade-incomplete bit in the SEL_RES (deciding whether another round
follows).
ISO 14443-3 limits NFC-A to three cascade levels and target->nfcid1 is
sized accordingly (NFC_NFCID1_MAXSIZE = 10), but nothing in the driver
actually enforces this. This means a malicious peer can keep the
cascade running, writing past the heap-allocated nfc_target with each
round.
Fix this by rejecting the response when the accumulated UID would exceed
the buffer.
Commit e329e71013c9 ("NFC: nci: Bounds check struct nfc_target arrays")
fixed similar missing checks against the same field on the NCI path.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.13 before 6.6.136; 6.7 before 6.12.83; 6.13 before 6.18.24; 6.19 before 6.19.14; 7.0 before 7.0.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
2c66daecc4092e6049673c281b2e6f0d5e59a94c before 9ba6bb09e00b922d902f684f575779e5433fe6e3; 2c66daecc4092e6049673c281b2e6f0d5e59a94c before f83b399aa05a0712e3b1569a30d3d90b3533d2ef; 2c66daecc4092e6049673c281b2e6f0d5e59a94c before 20663102c14566e900e1d2f679e30b7f1694f387; 2c66daecc4092e6049673c281b2e6f0d5e59a94c before 2819f34e08bdffb6f06a51c67948ec5737fb166a; 2c66daecc4092e6049673c281b2e6f0d5e59a94c before 1bec5698b55aa2be5c3b983dba657c01d0fd3dbc; 2c66daecc4092e6049673c281b2e6f0d5e59a94c before 5a59bf70c38ee1eb4be03bab830bbc3a6f0bd1f1; +4 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31622
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31622
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bec5698b55aa2be5c3b983dba657c01d0fd3dbc
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20663102c14566e900e1d2f679e30b7f1694f387
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2819f34e08bdffb6f06a51c67948ec5737fb166a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46ce8be2ced389bccd84bcc04a12cf2f4d0c22d1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a59bf70c38ee1eb4be03bab830bbc3a6f0bd1f1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d9d9bf3565271ca7ab9c716a94e87296177e7ba
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