High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2026· Updated Jun 10, 2026
CVE-2026-46198
CVE-2026-46198
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.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0799e5943611006b346b8813c7daf7dd5aa26bfdnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/10bb1f366d884d506c38a947b43026a75d1afe9anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/867cd090760e8f5cd206f387b47ff9c56fac04e9nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/96c9c0ed9a9579a9085765aceaa4556a6666eb82nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/974542d1efc48b7e9fe16184e647615cba39969bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b252797bfced986d6d92ec2f4cfcca842ce8aa78nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf872db54f91ffe70104b98c20068b2d5910e018nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f61499359fa529f0d45a53bf7c573a49eb6322e6nvdPatch
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