CVE-2026-93204 PUBLISHED

batman-adv: dat: atomically update mac addresses

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

batman-adv: dat: atomically update mac addresses

When a MAC address is updated in batadv_dat_entry_add(), it is done using a simple copy function. A parallel reader might only see parts of this update. In worst case, the reader is transporting the half updated MAC address over the network or is creating an ARP response using it - poisoning the ARP cache.

atomic64_t can be used to store the 48 bit of a mac address. A reader will then either see the old mac address or the new one - never a mixture of both.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2f1dfbe185075a50dc8f0490a136377af53a1c62 to 159360a0de831845c4500b4f8638decdcd624040 (excl.)
  • affected from 2f1dfbe185075a50dc8f0490a136377af53a1c62 to 259db2c04586d40b82c5c3002b1e28b0698a0bb7 (excl.)
  • affected from 2f1dfbe185075a50dc8f0490a136377af53a1c62 to 1674855a5b6eacfe35f4db3095d7055c25467274 (excl.)
  • affected from 2f1dfbe185075a50dc8f0490a136377af53a1c62 to 66238e2a74eca5dabf85b0cd2c3c944e474dc2fd (excl.)
  • affected from 2f1dfbe185075a50dc8f0490a136377af53a1c62 to a5e4d6cb4f6848b8906c1c493f99a8ccc0638515 (excl.)
  • affected from 2f1dfbe185075a50dc8f0490a136377af53a1c62 to f68038c77a2f38c09c7e2e4f7fa1f4e246fdf2c9 (excl.)
  • affected from 2f1dfbe185075a50dc8f0490a136377af53a1c62 to e6de568d3eda3e3c01c868fabd7a9535d5ee4a73 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.221 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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