Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2026
CVE-2026-80601
CVE-2026-80601
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: gw: acquire ethernet header only after skb realloc
The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_get_vid() could reallocate the buffer behind the skb. Variables which were pointing to the old buffer need to be reassigned to avoid an use-after-free.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2760b38222c8828b075802342fe3b91eb823d542nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c37f1166549c999ccd164b0cb6462d1ae68f8f6nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/77880a3be88d378d60cc1e8f8ec70430e2ed0518nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/916dac5f2944f63f07f7b501acbea6737dbbed0envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/afac8096bde4948e3caa7e4dd733867cfbd3018envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b79884a5567bf788fb76c30832467cf6a56f3c0dnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3f4325e35dd6e76b80665f3510738ce34819753nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6b43acd34b219b807e65096ce207b087942779dnvd
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