CVE-2023-1990 — A use-after-free flaw was found in ndlc_remove in drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc

A use-after-free flaw was found in ndlc_remove in drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw could allow an attacker to crash the system due to a race problem.

01What is this vulnerability?

A use-after-free flaw was found in ndlc_remove in drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw could allow an attacker to crash the system due to a race problem.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Linux	Linux Kernel prior to Kernel 6.3 RC3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-19T15:39:58.404Z

09References

• lore.kernel.org — https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230312160837.2040857-1-zyytlz.wz%40163.com/
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00006.html