UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31659: High severity ubuntu/linux vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: reject oversized global TT response buffers batadvttpreparetvlvglobaldata() builds the allocation length for a global TT response in 16-bit temporaries. When a remote originator advertises a large enough global TT, the TT payload length plus the VLAN header offset can exceed 65535 and wrap before kmalloc(). The full-table response path still uses the original TT payload length when it fills ttchange, so the wrapped allocation is too small and batadvttpreparetvlvglobaldata() writes past the end of the heap object before the later packet-size check runs. Fix this by rejecting TT responses whose TVLV value length cannot fit in the 16-bit TVLV payload length field.
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Reject batman-adv global TT responses whose TVLV value length, including the VLAN header offset, cannot fit in the 16-bit TVLV payload length field (exceeds 65535).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which systems are exposed to this issue?
The affected Ubuntu kernel package families listed are linux, linux-fips, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, and linux-gcp-fips. Exploitation requires a remote originator to advertise an oversized global translation-table response to the batman-adv subsystem.
What is the security impact of successful exploitation?
The integer wrap can cause allocation of a heap buffer smaller than the data later written to it, resulting in a heap out-of-bounds write. The supplied severity data rates confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact as high.
What condition triggers the vulnerable path?
A remote originator must advertise a global translation-table response whose TVLV payload length, together with the VLAN header offset, exceeds the 16-bit length range. The vulnerable code wraps the allocation length before kmalloc(), then uses the original larger payload length while filling the response.
What does the fix do?
The fix rejects translation-table responses whose TVLV value length cannot fit in the 16-bit TVLV payload-length field. This prevents the wrapped allocation length from being used for an oversized response.