{"id":"CVE-2026-23291","revision":"4c679fa738154b14b34d143be3c1da38","records":[{"revision":"4c679fa738154b14b34d143be3c1da38","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-23291","aliases":[],"title":"nfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfc: pn533: properly drop the usb interface reference on disconnect\n\nWhen the device is disconnected from the driver, there is a \"dangling\"\nreference count on the usb interface that was grabbed in the probe\ncallback.  Fix this up by properly dropping the reference after we are\ndone with it.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-03-25T10:26:49.634+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T01:13:44.177+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/nfc/pn533/usb.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"c46ee38620a2aa2b25b16bc9738ace80dbff76a4\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"6645b030b0c1fc5bf338bffb0044238f24b2f770\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n  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           \"version\": \"6.1.167\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.130\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.77\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18.17\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n                            \"status\": 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