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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-46238

batman-adv: stop caching unowned originator pointers in BAT IV

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: stop caching unowned originator pointers in BAT IV BAT IV keeps the last-hop neighbor address in each neigh_node, but some paths also cache an originator pointer derived from a temporary lookup. That pointer is not owned by the neigh_node and may no longer refer to a live originator entry after purge handling runs. Stop storing the auxiliary originator pointer in the BAT IV neighbor state. When BAT IV needs the neighbor originator data, resolve it from the stored neighbor address and drop the reference again after use. [sven: avoid bonding logic for outgoing OGM]

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < 86b2b58d7c228d850c8c78e4144e6123e8ed2718affected
  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < 384e3050a42be9085d50507b4d5f8266a588d742affected
  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < 8c16c68fdbb69778f8d04f650340c3f4d1518f8eaffected
  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < aafcbaf1159ea224528ca4075d0ba8c10ef374afaffected
  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < 6e20700f8c524ac379ba8274ff5d453023b7c006affected
  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < 09dc0d1a12222ffca6481916eab3cfea477b9620affected
  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < 67bceeb22207f1f5a402973a3a0809e5f2698f38affected
  • c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 to < f03e8583532941b07761c5429de7d50766fa3110affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.38affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.38unaffected
  • 5.10.258 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.209 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.175 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.140 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.90 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.32 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.9 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References