Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-72233

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: bla: reacquire gw address after skb realloc The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw() could reallocate the buffer behind the skb. Variables which were pointing to the old buffer need to be reassigned to avoid an use-after-free.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 9e794b6bf4a2c65d698d7433ddfabc54a5d53a88, 4.12, 0

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