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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-52922

batman-adv: dat: handle forward allocation error

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: dat: handle forward allocation error batadv_dat_forward_data() calls pskb_copy_for_clone() to duplicate an skb for each DHT candidate, but does not check the return value before passing it to batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast_4addr(). That function dereferences the skb unconditionally, so a failed allocation triggers a NULL pointer dereference. Skip forwarding to the current DHT candidate on allocation failure.

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

  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < 9bcebaedfb8479cb4affb23c7a0d000ca9a20e73affected
  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < 2edb8aeb3cdda9d00ec4997252dc5bcd6f54d8efaffected
  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < ce0c381199402a2c58f4599f4f6ed100d872d0daaffected
  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < 866ac1d57040ed0b44ca732e3c66b3aa6b93011caffected
  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < 4d420d9ee70a220a2cd95aa0dd2e15acad66a505affected
  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < 9cceea8eeba710def2a5707ee00f00c74a9a1cacaffected
  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < cf48e75fc4fe0d5cc7721c82d454221d01367b93affected
  • 785ea1144182c341b8b85b0f8180291839d176a8 to < 2d8826a2d3657cea66fb0370f9e521575a673871affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.8affected
  • 0 to < 3.8unaffected
  • 5.10.258 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.209 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.175 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.142 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.92 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.34 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.11 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References