CVE-2024-38381

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: Fix uninit-value in nci_rx_work syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1] nci_rx_work() parses received packet from ndev->rx_q. It should be validated header size, payload size and total packet size before processing the packet. If an invalid packet is detected, it should be silently discarded.

CVSS 3.1

7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 31% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-908

Published

2024-06-21

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017ff397624930fd7ac7f1761f3c9d6a7100f68c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/406cfac9debd4a6d3dc5d9258ee086372a8c08b6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/485ded868ed62ceb2acb3a459d7843fd71472619
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad4d196d2008c7f413167f0a693feb4f0439d7fe
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4a87abf588536d1cdfb128595e6e680af5cf3ed

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