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CVE-2026-46238

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

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before 86b2b58d7c228d850c8c78e4144e6123e8ed2718; affected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before 384e3050a42be9085d50507b4d5f8266a588d742; affected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before 8c16c68fdbb69778f8d04f650340c3f4d1518f8e; affected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before aafcbaf1159ea224528ca4075d0ba8c10ef374af; affected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before 6e20700f8c524ac379ba8274ff5d453023b7c006; affected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before 09dc0d1a12222ffca6481916eab3cfea477b9620; affected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before 67bceeb22207f1f5a402973a3a0809e5f2698f38; affected c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3 before f03e8583532941b07761c5429de7d50766fa3110
Linux / Linuxaffected 2.6.38; unaffected 0 before 2.6.38; unaffected 5.10.258 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.209 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.175 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.140 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.90 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.32 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.0.9 through 7.0.*; unaffected 7.1 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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