nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect When the device is disconnected from the driver, there is a "dangling" reference count on the usb interface that was grabbed in the probe callback. Fix this up by properly dropping the reference after we are done with it.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect When the device is disconnected from the driver, there is a "dangling" reference count on the usb interface that was grabbed in the probe callback. Fix this up by properly dropping the reference after we are done with it.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00477cab053dc4816b99141d8fcca7a479cfebeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12133a483dfa832241fbbf09321109a0ea8a520e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4551d6cea00224ab65a0ef35e4e6da0e9c0a2d74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5be8aa2bcfb53158436182db8dee9d0b8e5901e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6645b030b0c1fc5bf338bffb0044238f24b2f770
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7398d6570501edc55a50ece820f369ab3c1df2e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ff14eb070f0efecb2606f8d7aa01b77d188e886
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f6d20b3c2642ec85ce6ea5da7155746c31c6d0
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23291.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23291