# CVE-2026-80794: nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in the RF discover/activated NTF handlers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.269, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154, 6.12.106, and 3 more
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in 1007a6b429d756513abd25bd00290908f2e89a4a; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in 4bda9ef8392710f21e99027467f3f4afdfb5c99a; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in fe69fed3495f676578d49414a069ad7d8468e2ce; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in 7489f59d1ea2d3298aa41de7baf193e5e6e132f6; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in 7086dab72b3ed95df96842801e10e935cfeb27a3; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in 0d4b5cfab6891a5ca0f6aef209beebba4bd7c095; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in 5bd00c0e1470d90d77a7c60242854257ddf14e00; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in d6f743d3d388913135681cde051c08823730194f; from e8c0dacd9836dc2dcb28d236c9cc3cfaa9965a20, fixed in 8cbe06c1e699c0a165dae5093a2550e65f914818
- Linux: 3.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.3.0, fixed in 5.10.269; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.218; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.185; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.154; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.106; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.47; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.11; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in the RF discover/activated NTF handlers nci_rf_discover_ntf_packet() and nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf_packet() each parse a notification into an on-stack struct (nci_rf_discover_ntf / nci_rf_intf_activated_ntf) that is not initialised. The RF technology-specific parameters are only extracted when rf_tech_specific_params_len is non-zero, so a notification that reports a zero length leaves the rf_tech_specific_params union uninitialised - and both handlers then pass it to nci_add_new_protocol(), which reads it: - discover: nci_add_new_target() -> nci_add_new_protocol(); - activated: nci_target_auto_activated() -> nci_add_new_protocol(). nci_add_new_protocol() uses nfca_poll->nfcid1_len as both a branch condition and a memcpy() length and copies nfcid1/sens_res/sel_res into ndev->targets, which is later exposed to user space via NFC_CMD_GET_TARGET. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nci_add_new_protocol+0x624/0x6c0 nci_add_new_protocol+0x624/0x6c0 nci_ntf_packet+0x25b2/0x3c30 nci_rx_work+0x318/0x5d0 process_scheduled_works+0x84b/0x17a0 worker_thread+0xc10/0x11b0 kthread+0x376/0x500 Local variable ntf.i created at: nci_ntf_packet+0xbc2/0x3c30 Zero-initialise both on-stack notifications so the union reads back as zero when no technology-specific parameters are present.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.269, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154, 6.12.106) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1007a6b429d756513abd25bd00290908f2e89a4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bda9ef8392710f21e99027467f3f4afdfb5c99a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe69fed3495f676578d49414a069ad7d8468e2ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7489f59d1ea2d3298aa41de7baf193e5e6e132f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7086dab72b3ed95df96842801e10e935cfeb27a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4b5cfab6891a5ca0f6aef209beebba4bd7c095
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd00c0e1470d90d77a7c60242854257ddf14e00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6f743d3d388913135681cde051c08823730194f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cbe06c1e699c0a165dae5093a2550e65f914818

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