CVE-2023-53298

nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io

Medium · published September 16, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io

The callback context for sending/receiving APDUs to/from the selected

secure element is allocated inside nfc_genl_se_io and supposed to be

eventually freed in se_io_cb callback function. However, there are several

error paths where the bwi_timer is not charged to call se_io_cb later, and

the cb_context is leaked.

The patch proposes to free the cb_context explicitly on those error paths.

At the moment we can't simply check 'dev->ops->se_io()' return value as it

may be negative in both cases: when the timer was charged and was not.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00149 · 3.7th percentile
Published
2025-09-16T08:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 08:11Z
    nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io
    cvelistv5