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FKIE_CVE-2026-72229

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:21 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: clean untagged VLAN on netdev registration failure When an mesh interface is registered, it creates an untagged struct batadv_meshif_vlan on top of it via the NETDEV_REGISTER notifier. But in this process, another receiver of this notification can veto the registration. The netdev registration will be aborted because of this veto. The register_netdevice() call will try to clean up the net_device using unregister_netdevice_queue() - which only uses the .priv_destructor to free private resources. In this situation, .dellink will not be called. The cleanup of the untagged batadv_meshif_vlan must thefore be done in the destructor to avoid a leak of this object.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ae245168268b705a204f93c318b30107d10e92
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a82c558098889cc8bfff85cc62f563833205d91
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8669a550c752d86baebc5fdc83b8ff35c4372c0e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86e32dfb6a6fe29898f4a562b7b6e38e480bba4d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c945f6007e7851e74706c72f98763023699bcd97
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbca15fcbeed5276af440a53aed3901590fa7fc9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ca6250591cfe78408114a54eaa8d58da51bfa
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2423da55976ea249f73029e468aefda4b94acba
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbatman-adv: clean untagged VLAN on netdev registration failure\n\nWhen an mesh interface is registered, it creates an untagged struct\nbatadv_meshif_vlan on top of it via the NETDEV_REGISTER notifier. But in\nthis process, another receiver of this notification can veto the\nregistration. The netdev registration will be aborted because of this veto.\n\nThe register_netdevice() call will try to clean up the net_device using\nunregister_netdevice_queue() - which only uses the .priv_destructor to\nfree private resources. In this situation, .dellink will not be called.\n\nThe cleanup of the untagged batadv_meshif_vlan must thefore be done in the\ndestructor to avoid a leak of this object."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-72229",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:24.147",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:21:49.750",
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}



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