{"cve":"CVE-2022-50656","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-09T01:16:48.600","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:20.420","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfc: pn533: Clear nfc_target before being used\n\nFix a slab-out-of-bounds read that occurs in nla_put() called from\nnfc_genl_send_target() when target->sensb_res_len, which is duplicated\nfrom an nfc_target in pn533, is too large as the nfc_target is not\nproperly initialized and retains garbage values. Clear nfc_targets with\nmemset() before they are used.\n\nFound by a modified version of syzkaller.\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nla_put\nCall Trace:\n memcpy\n nla_put\n nfc_genl_dump_targets\n genl_lock_dumpit\n netlink_dump\n __netlink_dump_start\n genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit\n genl_rcv_msg\n netlink_rcv_skb\n genl_rcv\n netlink_unicast\n netlink_sendmsg\n sock_sendmsg\n ____sys_sendmsg\n ___sys_sendmsg\n __sys_sendmsg\n do_syscall_64","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":8.1},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61a7e15d55fae329a245535c3bac494e401005b8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/755019e37815a66bb0a23893debbd3dd640ccbd3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bddef54cbe9ede5ac7478f1e1e968fcfe7e6f03","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da4a0411f3455e3885831d0758bee3e3d565bbc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f28157778ede0d4f183f7ab3b46995bb400abbe"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:16:40.427100871+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50656","score":0.00344,"percentile":0.28006,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}