# nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98581`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98581`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before dd2d24add86b3b63cd87cf2feff98ae119ba19a6` (git)
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before 812731dd8511f5768f4ff279b3c18d85cd21da4b` (git)
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before dba1d9c7134afcb4b1bfad8c1b1b3f0ab5189b08` (git)
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before c1e9ed52a6697354366dddf190fbacee8ed2f7c5` (git)
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before 7fb2c0eeb79bfad64065f539a453138abd0edda6` (git)
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before b94cf09720543cc34256c7aa88f8059cbe7c0419` (git)
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before 320a2ff49bdce3f9a437b9a9ff341ff27d3bdbf1` (git)
  - affected: `a69f32af86e389dd232b1bb2269e202c1bfcc60f to before bf1460acdf8cf5a07c819f59785d40f20d113099` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.6`
  - unaffected: `before 3.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98581](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98581)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98581](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98581)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd2d24add86b3b63cd87cf2feff98ae119ba19a6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/812731dd8511f5768f4ff279b3c18d85cd21da4b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dba1d9c7134afcb4b1bfad8c1b1b3f0ab5189b08>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1e9ed52a6697354366dddf190fbacee8ed2f7c5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb2c0eeb79bfad64065f539a453138abd0edda6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b94cf09720543cc34256c7aa88f8059cbe7c0419>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/320a2ff49bdce3f9a437b9a9ff341ff27d3bdbf1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf1460acdf8cf5a07c819f59785d40f20d113099>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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