nfc subsystem · Maintained

Maintainers

• M David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>

Paths

• F Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/nfc/
• F drivers/nfc/
• F include/net/nfc/
• F include/uapi/linux/nfc.h
• F net/nfc/
• F tools/testing/selftests/nci/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v3] nfc: nci: ignore unexpected CORE_RESET_NTF and CORE_RESET_RSP
  2026-09-27 13:29 · 0 replies in 7d · Yuchao Zhang <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v3] nfc: nci: avoid unbounded skb allocation when max_pkt_payload_len is zero
  2026-09-27 11:59 · 0 replies in 7d · Liu Chao <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] nfc: llcp: clear device pointer on disconnect
  2026-09-26 21:20 · 0 replies in 7d · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: llcp: prevent resource leak on repeated connect after DM
  2026-09-25 18:49 · 0 replies in 7d · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] nfc: nxp-nci: fix IRQ use-after-free in i2c remove
  2026-09-25 17:58 · 0 replies in 7d · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] selftests/nci: skip when the virtual NCI device is absent
  2026-09-25 13:43 · 0 replies in 7d · Eva Kurchatova <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net RESEND] nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()
  2026-09-25 02:35 · 1 reply in 7d · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net] nfc: llcp: prevent resource leak on repeated connect after DM
  2026-09-25 02:35 · 0 replies in 7d · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2] nfc: nci: ignore unexpected CORE_RESET_NTF and CORE_RESET_RSP
  2026-09-22 10:21 · 0 replies in 7d · Yuchao Zhang <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 0/1] nfc: nci: ignore unexpected CORE_RESET_NTF
  2026-09-22 08:08 · 1 reply in 7d · zjamg <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-25
• Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-13
• <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-06
• Vega <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-09

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on netdev (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v3] nfc: nci: ignore unexpected CORE_RESET_NTF and CORE_RESET_RSP
  2026-09-27 · Yuchao Zhang <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v3] nfc: nci: avoid unbounded skb allocation when max_pkt_payload_len is zero
  2026-09-27 · Liu Chao <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] nfc: llcp: clear device pointer on disconnect
  2026-09-26 · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: llcp: prevent resource leak on repeated connect after DM
  2026-09-25 · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] nfc: nxp-nci: fix IRQ use-after-free in i2c remove
  2026-09-25 · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH] selftests/nci: skip when the virtual NCI device is absent
  2026-09-25 · Eva Kurchatova <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net] nfc: llcp: prevent resource leak on repeated connect after DM
  2026-09-25 · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net] nfc: llcp: check socket state after locking in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()
  2026-09-25 · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net RESEND] nfc: llcp: Fix list corruption / refcount desync in nfc_llcp_recv_dm()
  2026-09-23 · Aldo Ariel Panzardo <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH v2] nfc: nci: ignore unexpected CORE_RESET_NTF and CORE_RESET_RSP
  2026-09-22 · Yuchao Zhang <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH v2] nfc: nci: ignore unexpected CORE_RESET_NTF and CORE_RESET_RSP
  2026-09-22 · Yuchao Zhang <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net] nfc: nci: reject unusable max payload limits
  2026-09-19 · Liu Chao <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: avoid unbounded skb allocation when max_pkt_payload_len is zero
  2026-09-18 · Liu Chao <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 1/1] nfc: llcp: reject connect() on sockets not in LLCP_CLOSED state
  2026-09-18 · Yuchao Zhang <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 1/1] nfc: nci: do not process unexpected or invalid CORE_CONN_CREATE_RSP
  2026-09-18 · zjamg <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH 1/1] nfc: nci: ignore unexpected CORE_RESET_NTF
  2026-09-18 · zjamg <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH] nfc: llcp: Fix local use-after-free in nfc_llcp_general_bytes()
  2026-09-17 · Wentao Liang <hidden>
• WARM2d [PATCH] nfc: llcp: Fix socket reference leak in nfc_llcp_recv_ui()
  2026-09-16 · Wentao Liang <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net v2] nfc: llcp: drop truncated I/RR/RNR PDUs in nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc()
  2026-09-15 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH] nfc: llcp: fix sdreq TLV list leak on parse/alloc/send failure
  2026-09-14 · Cong Nguyen <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v3] nfc: digital: check DEP_REQ length before reading DID byte
  2026-09-13 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net] nfc: nci: avoid unbounded skb allocation when max_pkt_payload_len is zero
  2026-09-13 · Liu Chao <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: validate CORE_CONN_CREATE response length before reading fields
  2026-09-12 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH net 2/2] nfc: digital: check resp length in digital_tg_send_atr_res_complete()
  2026-09-12 · Liu Chao <hidden>
• COOLING11d [PATCH net 1/2] nfc: digital: reserve proper headroom for chaining_skb
  2026-09-12 · Liu Chao <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: digital: check DEP_REQ length before reading DID byte
  2026-09-12 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net] nfc: hci: add bounds checking in nfc_hci_create_pipe()
  2026-09-12 · Liu Chao <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH v3 1/1] net: nfc: fix use-after-free in nfc_get_local_general_bytes
  2026-09-09 · Ren Wei <hidden>
• COLD16d [PATCH] nfc: nci: validate CORE_CONN_CREATE response length before reading fields
  2026-09-07 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• COLD17d [PATCH] nfc: digital: check DEP_REQ length before reading DID byte
  2026-09-06 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE147d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v6] nfc: hci: fix out-of-bounds read in HCP header parsing
  2026-05-02 · Ashutosh Desai <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE117d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v7] nfc: hci: fix out-of-bounds read in HCP header parsing
  2026-05-05 · Ashutosh Desai <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE131d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v4] nfc: nxp-nci: i2c: use rising-edge IRQ on ACPI systems
  2026-05-19 · Carl Lee via B4 Relay <devnull+carl.lee.amd.com@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• STALE117d REVIEWED: 9 (6M) [PATCH v5] nfc: nxp-nci: i2c: use rising-edge IRQ on ACPI systems
  2026-05-19 · Carl Lee via B4 Relay <devnull+carl.lee.amd.com@kernel.org> · 2 Reviewed-by, 3 Tested-by
• STALE94d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: llcp: fix OOB read and u8 offset wrap in TLV parsers
  2026-06-22 · Muhammad Bilal <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE91d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in nci_core_init_rsp_packet()
  2026-06-24 · Samuel Page <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 1/6] nfc: s3fwrn5: drop of_match_ptr() from the I2C driver
  2026-08-11 · Jorijn van der Graaf <jorijnvdgraaf@catcrafts.net> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: digital: check DEP_REQ length before reading DID byte
  2026-09-12 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: validate CORE_CONN_CREATE response length before reading fields
  2026-09-12 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 2/3] nfc: nfcmrvl: convert to gpio descriptors
  2026-03-04 · Jialu Xu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 1/3] nfc: s3fwrn5: convert to gpio descriptors
  2026-03-04 · Jialu Xu <hidden>
• STALE204d [PATCH 1/2] nfc: pn533: drop redundant device reference
  2026-03-05 · Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
• STALE204d [PATCH 2/2] nfc: port100: drop redundant device reference
  2026-03-05 · Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
• STALE164d [PATCH 47/61] nfc: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE179d [PATCH 1/3] nfc: nfcmrvl: refactor endpoint lookup
  2026-03-30 · Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
• STALE179d [PATCH 3/3] nfc: port100: refactor endpoint lookup
  2026-03-30 · Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
• STALE179d [PATCH 2/3] nfc: pn533: refactor endpoint lookup
  2026-03-30 · Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
• STALE167d [PATCH net 2/4] nfc: digital: Fix check-after-read in digital_tg_recv_sens_req()
  2026-04-09 · Lekë Hapçiu <hidden>
• STALE167d [PATCH net 3/4] nfc: digital: Fix OOB read of RTOX byte in digital_in_recv_dep_res()
  2026-04-09 · Lekë Hapçiu <hidden>