# CVE-2022-49923: nfc: nxp-nci: Fix potential memory leak in nxp\_nci\_send()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nxp-nci: Fix potential memory leak in nxp_nci_send() nxp_nci_send() will call nxp_nci_i2c_write(), and only free skb when nxp_nci_i2c_write() failed. However, even if the nxp_nci_i2c_write() run succeeds, the skb will not be freed in nxp_nci_i2c_write(). As the result, the skb will memleak. nxp_nci_send() should also free the skb when nxp_nci_i2c_write() succeeds.

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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/9ae2c9a91ff068f4c3e392f47e8e26a1c9f85ebb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cba1f061bfe23fece2841129ca2862cdec29d5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ecf0f4227029b2c42e036b10ff6e5d09e20821e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bf1ed6aff0f70434bd0cdd45495e83f1dffb551

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