[PATCH] NFC: pn533: bound the UART receive buffer

From: Pengpeng Hou

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 03:24:32 EST


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.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c
index 6d2f520a5bc8..1b82b7b2a5fa 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533/uart.c
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ static size_t pn532_receive_buf(struct serdev_device *serdev,

timer_delete(&dev->cmd_timeout);
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+ if (unlikely(!skb_tailroom(dev->recv_skb)))
+ skb_trim(dev->recv_skb, 0);
+
skb_put_u8(dev->recv_skb, *data++);
if (!pn532_uart_rx_is_frame(dev->recv_skb))
continue;
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)