# CVE-2024-26825: nfc: nci: free rx_data_reassembly skb on NCI device cleanup

> A memory leak in the Linux kernel NFC subsystem allows attackers to cause denial of service by triggering improper cleanup of fragmented packet buffers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26825, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26825, GHSA-5r2r-xpfw-pmxc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26825

## What is CVE-2024-26825?

CVE-2024-26825 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfc: nci: free rx_data_reassembly skb on NCI device cleanup

rx_data_reassembly skb is stored during NCI data exchange for processing
fragmented packets. It is dropped only when the last fragment is processed
or when an NTF packet with NCI_OP_RF_DEACTIVATE_NTF opcode is received.
However, the NCI device may be deallocated before that which leads to skb
leak.

As by design the rx_data_reassembly skb is bound to the NCI device and
nothing prevents the device to be freed before the skb is processed in
some way and cleaned, free it on the NCI device cleanup.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Weakness: CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26825?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26825?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26825 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26825 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26825 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26825/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26825/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26825
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26825
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26825

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26825/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.