CVE-2026-43032: Linux kernel · NFC: pn533: bound the UART receive buffer
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:07 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 1 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: pn533: bound the UART receive buffer pn532_receive_buf() appends every incoming byte to dev->recv_skb and only resets the buffer after pn532_uart_rx_is_frame() recognizes a complete frame. A continuous stream of bytes without a valid PN532 frame header therefore keeps growing the skb until skb_put_u8() hits the tail limit. Drop the accumulated partial frame once the fixed receive buffer is full so malformed UART traffic cannot grow the skb past PN532_UART_SKB_BUFF_LEN.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43032 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/23e925183db26cd322597679669ad29d70ed2ada (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1fadd221b21d8038acfe6a0f56291881d5ff76 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/30fe3f5f6494f827d812ff179f295a8e532709d6 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3adca9be14bf36b927193f05f5aea35a1a90e913 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bedf1dd5640ac8997bff00bbefe241b438df397 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2f60de5045bfb5d20ea468a97c8760c6a3a4f8 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf2ff10183204349edfd6b972e189375fc5f1fb0 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f48ab6ee654ecc350434e4566bc785773f412b7e (opens in a new tab)