๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2023-53298

MEDIUM 5.5

nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io The callback context for sending/receiving APDUs to/from the selected secure element is allocated inside nfc_genl_se_io and supposed to be eventually freed in se_io_cb callback function. However, there are several error paths where the bwi_timer is not charged to call se_io_cb later, and the cb_context is leaked. The patch proposes to free the cb_context explicitly on those error paths. At the moment we can't simply check 'dev->ops->se_io()' return value as it may be negative in both cases: when the timer was charged and was not.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Sep 16, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < 5321da6d84b87a34eea441677d649c34bd854169 5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < af452e35b9e6a87cd49e54a7a3d60d934b194651 5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < 271eed1736426103335c5aac50f15b0f4d236bc0 5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < 8978315cb4bf8878c9c8ec05dafd8f7ff539860d 5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < c494365432dcdc549986f4d9af9eb6190cbdb153 5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < b2036a252381949d3b743a3de069324ae3028a57 5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < ba98db08895748c12e5ded52cd1598dce2c79e55 5ce3f32b5264b337bfd13a780452a17705307725 < 25ff6f8a5a3b8dc48e8abda6f013e8cc4b14ffea
Linux / Linux
3.13

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5321da6d84b87a34eea441677d649c34bd854169 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af452e35b9e6a87cd49e54a7a3d60d934b194651 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271eed1736426103335c5aac50f15b0f4d236bc0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8978315cb4bf8878c9c8ec05dafd8f7ff539860d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c494365432dcdc549986f4d9af9eb6190cbdb153 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2036a252381949d3b743a3de069324ae3028a57 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba98db08895748c12e5ded52cd1598dce2c79e55 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ff6f8a5a3b8dc48e8abda6f013e8cc4b14ffea