CVE-2026-52916 PUBLISHED

batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

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

batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment

batadv_frag_skb_buffer() is called by batadv_batman_skb_recv() when a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet is received. Once all fragments are collected and the packet is reassembled, batadv_recv_frag_packet() calls batadv_batman_skb_recv() again to process the defragmented payload.

A malicious sender can craft a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet whose reassembled payload is itself a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet (matryoshka-style nesting). Each nesting level recurses through batadv_batman_skb_recv() without bound, growing the kernel stack until it is exhausted.

Since refragmentation or fragments in fragments are not actually allowed, discard all packets which are still BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packets after the defragmentation process.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to 0c208fa3859e3a33a1c38bebc41d021166e94ac8 (excl.)
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to bcda4814dc6524283c0b958882cb963d75fe411d (excl.)
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to aea54d0bbe156d5ab7d00d68f66149ff41f4612a (excl.)
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to b54e459cf86943583c1aa2ee3081874e7ab1f5f3 (excl.)
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to 5418be6c2e117bf8a316582795a8e3ff90f45e5d (excl.)
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to 5895ad21c7059a652da83fb817510f7a1e962abf (excl.)
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to 7138c35c9ad39a2fca6264af6b87466471f04ffc (excl.)
  • affected from 610bfc6bc99bc83680d190ebc69359a05fc7f605 to bc62216dc8e221e3781afa14430f45208bfa9af9 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.258 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.209 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.175 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.142 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.92 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.34 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.11 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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