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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2026· Updated Jun 10, 2026

CVE-2026-46231

CVE-2026-46231

Description

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

batman-adv: bla: put backbone reference on failed claim hash insert

When batadv_bla_add_claim() fails to insert a new claim into the hash, it leaked a reference to the backbone_gw for which the claim was intended. Call batadv_backbone_gw_put() on the error path to release the reference and avoid leaking the backbone_gw object.

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