CVE-2024-46676: nfc: pn533: Add poll mod list filling check

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-369

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: pn533: Add poll mod list filling check In case of im_protocols value is 1 and tm_protocols value is 0 this combination successfully passes the check 'if (!im_protocols && !tm_protocols)' in the nfc_start_poll(). But then after pn533_poll_create_mod_list() call in pn533_start_poll() poll mod list will remain empty and dev->poll_mod_count will remain 0 which lead to division by zero. Normally no im protocol has value 1 in the mask, so this combination is not expected by driver. But these protocol values actually come from userspace via Netlink interface (NFC_CMD_START_POLL operation). So a broken or malicious program may pass a message containing a "bad" combination of protocol parameter values so that dev->poll_mod_count is not incremented inside pn533_poll_create_mod_list(), thus leading to division by zero. Call trace looks like: nfc_genl_start_poll() nfc_start_poll() ->start_poll() pn533_start_poll() Add poll mod list filling check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 3.12 before 5.4.283; from 5.5 before 5.10.225; from 5.11 before 5.15.166; from 5.16 before 6.1.108; from 6.2 before 6.6.49; from 6.7 before 6.10.8 — fixed in 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 5.4.283, 6.1.108, 6.10.8, 6.6.49

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 5.4.283, 6.1.108. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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