CVE-2026-31660

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 93% most likely to be exploited
Published: April 24, 2026 (20 days ago)
Last Modified: April 24, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Near Field Communication (NFC) pn533 driver. This vulnerability arises from an issue in how the driver manages receive buffers. When processing incoming data, the driver may attempt to write to a non-existent buffer if a new one fails to allocate. This can lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CWE

CWE-476

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org