CVE-2026-72230: batman-adv: frag: free unfragmentable packet

Published Aug 15, 2026
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Updated

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

batman-adv: frag: free unfragmentable packet

The caller of batadvfragsendpacket() assume that the skb provided to the function are always consumed. But the pre-check for an empty payload or the zero fragment size returned an error without any further actions.

A failed pre-check must use the same error handling code as the rest of the function.

Event History

Aug 15, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:54 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:54 AM
Description
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