High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 19, 2026· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-64096
CVE-2026-64096
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: mcast: fix use-after-free in orig_node RCU release
batadv_mcast_purge_orig() removes entries from RCU-protected hlists but does not wait for an RCU grace period before returning. Concurrent RCU readers may still accesses references to those entries at the point of removal. RCU-protected readers trying to operate on entries like orig->mcast_want_all_ipv6_node will then access already freed memory.
Fix this by moving batadv_mcast_purge_orig() to batadv_orig_node_release(), just before the call_rcu() invocation. This ensures RCU readers that were active at purge time have drained before the orig_node memory is reclaimed.
Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.15,<5.10.258
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/20c2d6a20ca936f5aaa6dd40f73f262ac45c87ccnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/70bcb678561f0fb58f33270fc73f12f3be72b878nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/78a63fb2f7d5630d1c1f2859a20d4e4226863b41nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a3707653ab658e082ccd992e92594e01b09a3fcnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef897c9d2dd0d9339167fb82b62beff68d076cbnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ced48f55bac73f0822eae90509e51b42b4f646c8nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/edfb1e094104a50f931553dc82ac59246569fd32nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff3a4487ead475e27b43280b8ee3d8464fe280e1nvdPatch
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