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CVE-2026-23372

HIGH 7.8

nfc: rawsock: cancel tx_work before socket teardown

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
2th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: rawsock: cancel tx_work before socket teardown In rawsock_release(), cancel any pending tx_work and purge the write queue before orphaning the socket. rawsock_tx_work runs on the system workqueue and calls nfc_data_exchange which dereferences the NCI device. Without synchronization, tx_work can race with socket and device teardown when a process is killed (e.g. by SIGKILL), leading to use-after-free or leaked references. Set SEND_SHUTDOWN first so that if tx_work is already running it will see the flag and skip transmitting, then use cancel_work_sync to wait for any in-progress execution to finish, and finally purge any remaining queued skbs.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Mar 25, 2026
Last Updated Apr 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < 9b2d23cd09e1cb56bdf0e4d5614703094159f16c 23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < cdeed45ce8c92defd057f7d67ee9a69374d8fa16 23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < 3ae592ed91bb4b6b51df256b51045c13d2656049 23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < 722a28b635ec281bb08a23885223526d8e7d6526 23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < 78141b8832e16d80d09cbefb4258612db0777a24 23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < edc988613def90c5b558e025b1b423f48007be06 23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < da4515fc8263c5933ed605e396af91079806dc45 23b7869c0fd08d73c9f83a2db88a13312d6198bb < d793458c45df2aed498d7f74145eab7ee22d25aa
Linux / Linux
3.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b2d23cd09e1cb56bdf0e4d5614703094159f16c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdeed45ce8c92defd057f7d67ee9a69374d8fa16 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae592ed91bb4b6b51df256b51045c13d2656049 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/722a28b635ec281bb08a23885223526d8e7d6526 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78141b8832e16d80d09cbefb4258612db0777a24 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edc988613def90c5b558e025b1b423f48007be06 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da4515fc8263c5933ed605e396af91079806dc45 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d793458c45df2aed498d7f74145eab7ee22d25aa