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