CVE 9.8 CRITICAL

batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting_CVE-2026-52914

9.8 / 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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 fragment reassembly length accounting

batman-adv keeps a running payload length for queued fragments and uses it
to validate a fragment chain before reassembly.

That accounting currently allows the accumulated fragment length to be
truncated during updates. As a result, malformed fragment chains can
bypass the intended validation and drive reassembly with inconsistent
length state, leading to a local denial of service.

Fix the accounting by storing the accumulated length in a length-typed
field and rejecting update overflows before the existing validation logic
runs.

The fix was verified against the original reproducer and against valid
fragment reassembly paths.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-52914
Source Linux
Published Jun 24, 2026 at 07:14
Modified Jun 28, 2026 at 06:36

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Affected Versions Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605
Linux Linux 3.13

References

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