Race condition in Linux kernel NFC LLCP accept queue lifecycle
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Linux kernel versions from 3.7 are affected in the NFC LLCP socket code. A race between socket release and accept() lets both paths unlink and free the same child socket, causing a use-after-free or a NULL pointer dereference.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: Fix race condition in accept_queue lifecycle In nfc_llcp_socket_release(), sockets and listener accept queues are walked under the local sockets rwlock and bh_lock_sock(). However, bh_lock_sock() does not synchronise against process-context lock_sock() held by nfc_llcp_accept_dequeue() during accept(). Because socket_release() does not check sock_owned_by_user(), both paths can concurrently unlink and release the same child socket, resulting in use-after-free or a NULL pointer dereference of child->parent in nfc_llcp_accept_unlink(). Fix this synchronisation race by having nfc_llcp_socket_release() use process-context lock_sock() instead of bh_lock_sock(): 1. Pop sockets from the local sockets list under the write lock using nfc_llcp_sock_list_pop() so lock_sock() can be acquired without holding the rwlock. 2. Because lock_sock() can sleep, defer the final release of the nfc_llcp_local structure to a workqueue (release_work). This avoids a sleeping-in-atomic bug when the last local reference is dropped from softirq context. Additionally, hold a single device reference on local from registration until final destruction. 3. In nfc_llcp_local_get(), use kref_get_unless_zero() to prevent resurrecting a local object whose teardown has been scheduled. 4. In llcp_sock_accept(), verify that the listener socket state is still LLCP_LISTEN after waking from schedule_timeout() to prevent hangs if the listener is closed concurrently. 5. When unlinking unaccepted child sockets during listener release, unlink them from local->sockets, call sock_orphan(), and drop their initial sk_alloc creation reference via sock_put(). 6. Make nfc_llcp_accept_unlink() idempotent by guarding parent access with a NULL check.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Fixed Linux kernel versions are 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9 and 7.3.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98580
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-f48w-jg7j-gjm2
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54adcabb0f1deef1bdae5fc64779ed6d442721c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c938aad5108382c6ad7453c4b5ee8ae3f3252ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2093a0981138876212bc5f473bdbfba0786e064
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41256821762a7114906b178826d17098e2fa5992
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53867f6acb1af7f12d6485fa8a2819318f89083b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8a07757383614a8380a0f7dd54749d2687b82e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5e1c92d09caed19f2988739695ce611a86ba6f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3eef2f988a3db9690369d7cef9a3344dd9788d3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98580 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98580 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f48w-jg7j-gjm2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98580 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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