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GHSA-WGQG-H53F-2JVM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

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

batman-adv: retrieve ethhdr after potential skb realloc on RX

pskb_may_pull() in batadv_interface_rx() 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 VLAN header but missed for the ethernet header which is later used for the TT and AP isolation handling.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-72235 (GCVE-0-2026-72235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:54 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:41

Title

batman-adv: retrieve ethhdr after potential skb realloc on RX

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: retrieve ethhdr after potential skb realloc on RX pskb_may_pull() in batadv_interface_rx() 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 VLAN header but missed for the ethernet header which is later used for the TT and AP isolation handling.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e189f14d1ea28db2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1820344b180cb55a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6abf73589bed3f27e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f19259395b44af67f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cefa5141cab8ec1e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a71a81854e0e191…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b031fc97e1993d29d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035e1fed892d3d060…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < 6e189f14d1ea28db212b9d70a02131a7ce518012 (git) Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < a1820344b180cb55af748f102bc536b5c93164db (git) Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < 6abf73589bed3f27ee240c08108feb72bed0b9c6 (git) Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < f19259395b44af67f3c274e34237c295b526b859 (git) Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < 2cefa5141cab8ec1e4b24cf585958b13f2e3049d (git) Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < 85a71a81854e0e191ad0e533eabb4eff54866feb (git) Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < b031fc97e1993d29d6c3a0e86a99140528cf31e8 (git) Affected: c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 , < 035e1fed892d3d06002a73ff73668f618a514644 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.38 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.38 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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