# CVE-2024-46676: nfc: pn533: Add poll mod list filling check

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash via division by zero in the pn533 NFC driver by sending specific Netlink messages.

- **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:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-49582, BELL-CVE-2024-46676, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46676, GHSA-crwg-8vm3-26rf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46676

## What is CVE-2024-46676?

CVE-2024-46676 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Sep 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: pn533: Add poll mod list filling check

In case of im_protocols value is 1 and tm_protocols value is 0 this
combination successfully passes the check
'if (!im_protocols && !tm_protocols)' in the nfc_start_poll().
But then after pn533_poll_create_mod_list() call in pn533_start_poll()
poll mod list will remain empty and dev->poll_mod_count will remain 0
which lead to division by zero.

Normally no im protocol has value 1 in the mask, so this combination is
not expected by driver. But these protocol values actually come from
userspace via Netlink interface (NFC_CMD_START_POLL operation). So a
broken or malicious program may pass a message containing a "bad"
combination of protocol parameter values so that dev->poll_mod_count
is not incremented inside pn533_poll_create_mod_list(), thus leading
to division by zero.
Call trace looks like:
nfc_genl_start_poll()
  nfc_start_poll()
    ->start_poll()
    pn533_start_poll()

Add poll mod list filling check.

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

Weakness: CWE-369 (Divide By Zero)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-46676?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-46676?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-46676 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-46676 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-46676 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-46676 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Sep 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-2024-46676 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2024-46676/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46676/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46676
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46676
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46676

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