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/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: st-nci: align frame buffers for typed length load
  2026-07-01 15:27 · 0 replies in 7d · Runyu Xiao <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix use of uninitialized memory in NFC-DEP general bytes
  2026-06-28 21:50 · 0 replies in 7d · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix use of uninitialized memory in NFC-DEP general bytes
  2026-06-28 21:45 · 0 replies in 7d · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Bartosz Golaszewski <hidden>
  14 attestations (7 Reviewed-by, 7 Tested-by) · last on 2026-06-16
• Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>
  14 attestations (7 Reviewed-by, 7 Tested-by) · last on 2026-06-16
• Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
  8 attestations (8 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-22
• Luca Stefani <hidden>
  7 attestations (7 Tested-by) · last on 2026-06-16
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Tested-by) · last on 2026-06-24
• Sven Van Asbroeck <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Suggested-by) · last on 2026-06-22

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: st-nci: align frame buffers for typed length load
  2026-07-01 · Runyu Xiao <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix use of uninitialized memory in NFC-DEP general bytes
  2026-06-28 · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix use of uninitialized memory in NFC-DEP general bytes
  2026-06-28 · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in the RF discover/activated NTF handlers
  2026-06-26 · Samuel Page <hidden>
• COOLING7d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in nci_core_init_rsp_packet()
  2026-06-24 · Samuel Page <hidden>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in the RF discover/activated NTF handlers
  2026-06-23 · Samuel Page <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in nci_core_init_rsp_packet()
  2026-06-23 · Samuel Page <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH net] nfc: nci: fix out-of-bounds write in nci_target_auto_activated()
  2026-06-22 · Samuel Page <hidden>
• COOLING10d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] nfc: llcp: fix OOB read and u8 offset wrap in TLV parsers
  2026-06-22 · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] nfc: port100: cancel cmd_complete_work before freeing on disconnect
  2026-06-22 · Maoyi Xie <hidden>
• COOLING14d [PATCH net] nfc: st-nci: use unaligned accessors for frame length
  2026-06-20 · Runyu Xiao <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.143
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD15d Re: Linux 6.1.176
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.210
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.259
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 5.10 006/342] nfc: llcp: protect nfc_llcp_sock_unlink() calls
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 9 (6M) [PATCH 5.10 010/342] nfc: nxp-nci: i2c: use rising-edge IRQ on ACPI systems
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH 5.10 008/342] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free race in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING9d [PATCH 5.10 007/342] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free in llcp_sock_release()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 9 (6M) [PATCH 5.15 011/411] nfc: nxp-nci: i2c: use rising-edge IRQ on ACPI systems
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH 5.15 009/411] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free race in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 5.15 008/411] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free in llcp_sock_release()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 9 (6M) [PATCH 6.1 010/522] nfc: nxp-nci: i2c: use rising-edge IRQ on ACPI systems
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH 6.1 008/522] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free race in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM2d [PATCH 6.1 007/522] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free in llcp_sock_release()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 9 (6M) [PATCH 6.6 011/452] nfc: nxp-nci: i2c: use rising-edge IRQ on ACPI systems
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH 6.6 009/452] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free race in nfc_llcp_recv_cc()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.6 008/452] nfc: llcp: Fix use-after-free in llcp_sock_release()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING13d [PATCH net] nfc: nci: validate packet length when parsing NCI 2.x RF interfaces
  2026-06-11 · Zijing Yin <hidden>
• COLD25d Re: Linux 7.0.12
  2026-06-09 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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.

• STALE82d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.12.y] nfc: nci: complete pending data exchange on device close
  2026-04-10 · Rajani Kantha <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE75d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.6.y] nfc: nci: complete pending data exchange on device close
  2026-04-16 · Rajani Kantha <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE63d 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
• COLD32d 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
• COLD46d 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
• COLD32d 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

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.

• STALE198d [PATCH v2 2/2] nfc: llcp: stop processing on LLCP_CLOSED in nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc()
  2025-12-17 · Qianchang Zhao <hidden>
• STALE199d [PATCH v2 2/2] nfc: llcp: stop processing on LLCP_CLOSED in nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc()
  2025-12-17 · Qianchang Zhao <hidden>
• STALE176d [PATCH v3 2/2] nfc: llcp: stop processing on LLCP_CLOSED in nfc_llcp_recv_hdlc()
  2025-12-18 · Qianchang Zhao <hidden>
• STALE180d [PATCH 6.18 084/430] nfc: pn533: Fix error code in pn533_acr122_poweron_rdr()
  2025-12-29 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.3
  2026-01-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE143d [PATCH 6.12 059/567] nfc: pn533: Fix error code in pn533_acr122_poweron_rdr()
  2026-01-06 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.64
  2026-01-08 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.4
  2026-01-08 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE137d [PATCH 6.6 344/737] nfc: pn533: Fix error code in pn533_acr122_poweron_rdr()
  2026-01-09 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE173d [PATCH 6.1 259/634] nfc: pn533: Fix error code in pn533_acr122_poweron_rdr()
  2026-01-09 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>