CVE-2026-72234

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

batman-adv: access unicast_ttvn skb->data only after skb realloc

The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_get_vid() could reallocate the buffer behind the skb. Variables which were pointing to the old buffer need to be reassigned to avoid an use-after-free.

This was done correctly for the ethernet header but missed for the unicast_packet pointer.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < aa9558af859934f24717d4bab97d61004f91a736affected
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < 9c2c05629e46c1fd43931506d41c56a885a98eb4affected
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < 7b162b36de750565404cd3b98315706622c6974faffected
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < ed90eb5c68420cdfe67ec1f773324198d2ef6f50affected
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < 979175834a699ccc3c4c0b0ba60ecae0f135a587affected
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < b8afcf799b2cc92c41beebd029e53ed18960184aaffected
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < 9a7b7248798123efbd5fafe58461d57c7cc718afaffected
LinuxLinuxc018ad3de61a1dc4194879a53e5559e094aa7b1a < 7141990add3f75436f2933cb310654cad3b1e3e9affected
LinuxLinux3.13affected
LinuxLinux0 < 3.13unaffected
LinuxLinux5.10.261 <= 5.10.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.212 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.178 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.145 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.97 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.40 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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