# CVE-2022-48967: NFC: nci: Bounds check struct nfc\_target arrays

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: nci: Bounds check struct nfc_target arrays While running under CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y, syzkaller reported: memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 129) of single field "target->sensf_res" at net/nfc/nci/ntf.c:260 (size 18) This appears to be a legitimate lack of bounds checking in nci_add_new_protocol(). Add the missing checks.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b37f0dc0638d13a006f2f24d2f6ca61e83bc714
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbdcfb9f6748218a149f62468d6297ce3f014e9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff35329070b96b4484d23f9f48a5ca2c947e750
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6778434706940b8fad7ef35f410d2b9929f256d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27eb2d7a1b9987b6d0429b7716b1ff3b82c4ffc9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908b2da426fe9c3ce74cf541ba40e7a4251db191
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41547546db9af99da2c34e3368664d7a79cefae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e329e71013c9b5a4535b099208493c7826ee4a64

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