CVE-2026-43032

NFC: pn533: bound the UART receive buffer

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2026 at 02:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: pn533: bound the UART receive buffer pn532_receive_buf() appends every incoming byte to dev->recv_skb and only resets the buffer after pn532_uart_rx_is_frame() recognizes a complete frame. A continuous stream of bytes without a valid PN532 frame header therefore keeps growing the skb until skb_put_u8() hits the tail limit. Drop the accumulated partial frame once the fixed receive buffer is full so malformed UART traffic cannot grow the skb past PN532_UART_SKB_BUFF_LEN.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2035.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1685.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2535.5 ≤ v < 5.15.2035.5 ≤ v < 6.1.1685.5 ≤ v < 6.12.815.5 ≤ v < 6.18.225.5 ≤ v < 6.19.125.5 ≤ v < 6.6.1345.5 ≤ v < 7.06.13 ≤ v < 6.18.226.19 ≤ v < 6.19.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1346.7 ≤ v < 6.12.815.57.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc47.0 rc57.0 rc6c656aa4c27b17a8c70da223ed5ab42145800d6b5
Vendor states this is fixed in 23e925183db26cd322597679669ad29d70ed2ada (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2c1fadd221b21d8038acfe6a0f56291881d5ff76 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 30fe3f5f6494f827d812ff179f295a8e532709d6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3adca9be14bf36b927193f05f5aea35a1a90e913 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8bedf1dd5640ac8997bff00bbefe241b438df397 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ad2f60de5045bfb5d20ea468a97c8760c6a3a4f8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf2ff10183204349edfd6b972e189375fc5f1fb0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f48ab6ee654ecc350434e4566bc785773f412b7e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.253 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.203 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.168 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.81 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.134 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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