Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 19, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-63835
CVE-2026-63835
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: v: prevent OGM aggregation on disabled hardif
When an interface gets disabled, the worker is correctly disabled by batadv_hardif_disable_interface() -> ... -> batadv_v_ogm_iface_disable(). In this process, the skb aggr_list is also freed.
But batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif() can still queue new skbs (via batadv_v_ogm_queue_on_if()) to the aggr_list. This will only stop after all cores can no longer find the RCU protected list of hard interfaces. These queued skbs will never be freed or consumed by batadv_v_ogm_aggr_work.
The batadv_v_ogm_iface_disable() function must block batadv_v_ogm_queue_on_if() to avoid leak of skbs.
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 5.4.0, < 5.10.260+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.4.0, < 5.10.260
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.4-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4548c96d6f21ac1a9b06c5f82f3ef439c87023nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86ab6b6fb5b82163bf6c45780bb72150021d7349nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/97644fdaaf6446ffbe182c5eb804fceb5b1a51b7nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d11c00b95b2a3b3934007fc003dccc6fdcc061adnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3569327fc7395b2b0461a0a0cb77a0bb74786c0nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d462ced79dd430200cf888984e8005da77fc810bnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f04dde74399431fb07abbdd9cd5d0ed624771d04nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f79deaaf822ab0ee2424cf28781f9ab91576bea3nvd
News mentions
1- Linux Kernel: 25 Vulnerabilities Across Subsystems Disclosed and Patched TogetherVypr Intelligence · Jul 20, 2026