CVE-2026-23291

medium

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f6d20b3c2642ec85ce6ea5da7155746c31c6d0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ff14eb070f0efecb2606f8d7aa01b77d188e886

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7398d6570501edc55a50ece820f369ab3c1df2e7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4551d6cea00224ab65a0ef35e4e6da0e9c0a2d74

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12133a483dfa832241fbbf09321109a0ea8a520e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00477cab053dc4816b99141d8fcca7a479cfebeb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-25

Updated: 2026-03-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024