Linux Kernel NFC NCI UART Driver Race Condition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Linux Kernel. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of nciua...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38416

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFC: nci: uart: Set tty-discdata only in success path Setting tty-discdata before opening the NCI device means we need to clean it up on error paths. This also opens some short window if device starts sending data, even before...