CVE-2026-98580

Status: ReceivedUnscored—

Severity—Unscored

Exploitation probability0.21 %higher than 11% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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().

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Fix this synchronisation race by having nfc_llcp_socket_release() use process-context lock_sock() instead of bh_lock_sock():

Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report

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.

CVSS

NVD hasn't assigned a CVSS score to this CVE (common since the April 2026 policy change).

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 11
Score date: 10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

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