CVE 8.8 HIGH

batman-adv: fix integer overflow on buff_pos_CVE-2026-46198

8.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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

batman-adv: fix integer overflow on buff_pos

Fixing an integer overflow present in batadv_iv_ogm_send_to_if. The size
check is done using the int type in batadv_iv_ogm_aggr_packet whereas the
buff_pos variable uses the s16 type. This could lead to an out-of-bound
read.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-46198
Source Linux
Published May 28, 2026 at 09:40
Modified May 30, 2026 at 10:48

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3
Affected Versions Linux Linux c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3
Linux Linux c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3
Linux Linux c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3
Linux Linux c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3
Linux Linux c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3
Linux Linux 2.6.38

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