nfc: llcp: fix sdreq TLV list leak on parse/alloc/send failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: fix sdreq TLV list leak on parse/alloc/send failure nfc_genl_llc_sdreq() builds a list of TLV nodes while walking nested netlink attrs, but 3 error paths (nested-attr parse failure, TLV alloc ENOMEM, nfc_llcp_send_snl_sdreq() failure) all skip freeing what was already queued. Route them through a new free_list label, mirroring the SDRES path in the same file which already does this. Harmless on the success path too -- send_snl_sdreq() drains the list as it moves nodes, so it's already empty by the time free_list runs.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 6.6.158, 7.2.9
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-98579
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 20:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
nfc: llcp: fix sdreq TLV list leak on parse/alloc/send failure
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: fix sdreq TLV list leak on parse/alloc/send failure nfc_genl_llc_sdreq() builds a list of TLV nodes while walking nested netlink attrs, but 3 error paths (nested-attr parse failure, TLV alloc ENOMEM, nfc_llcp_send_snl_sdreq() failure) all skip freeing what was already queued. Route them through a new free_list label, mirroring the SDRES path in the same file which already does this. Harmless on the success path too -- send_snl_sdreq() drains the list as it moves nodes, so it's already empty by the time free_list runs.
osv:CVE-2026-98579
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9
Complete source record
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