CVE-2026-23330
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: complete pending data exchange on device close In nci_close_device(), complete any pending data exchange before closing. The data exchange callback (e.g. rawsock_data_exchange_complete) holds a socket reference. NIPA occasionally hits this leak: unreferenced object 0xff1100000f435000 (size 2048): comm "nci_dev", pid 3954, jiffies 4295441245 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 27 00 01 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 '..@............ backtrace (crc ec2b3c5): __kmalloc_noprof+0x4db/0x730 sk_prot_alloc.isra.0+0xe4/0x1d0 sk_alloc+0x36/0x760 rawsock_create+0xd1/0x540 nfc_sock_create+0x11f/0x280 __sock_create+0x22d/0x630 __sys_socket+0x115/0x1d0 __x64_sys_socket+0x72/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0x117/0xfc0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
EPSS 0.02% · 4.7th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | *, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.2, 3.2, 3.2 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Mar 25, 2026 EPSS Score
- Mar 25, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
- Mar 25, 2026 CVE Published
- Mar 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 11, 2026 CVE Updated
- May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 24, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91ff0d8c3464da7f0c43da38c195e60b660128bf url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d05f55d68ebdebb2b0a8480d766eaae88c8c92de url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66083581945bd5b8e99fe49b5aeb83d03f62d053 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23330 advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00154.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00148.html advisory