CVE-2026-52914

NameCVE-2026-52914
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting batman-adv keeps a running payload length for queued fragments and uses it to validate a fragment chain before reassembly. That accounting currently allows the accumulated fragment length to be truncated during updates. As a result, malformed fragment chains can bypass the intended validation and drive reassembly with inconsistent length state, leading to a local denial of service. Fix the accounting by storing the accumulated length in a length-typed field and rejecting update overflows before the existing validation logic runs. The fix was verified against the original reproducer and against valid fragment reassembly paths.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-4664-1, DLA-4665-1, DLA-4671-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.259-1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)6.1.176-1fixed
trixie6.12.94-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.95-1fixed
forky, sid7.1.3-1fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)bullseye (security)6.1.176-1~deb11u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.259-1DLA-4664-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.176-1DLA-4665-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.94-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.0.12-1
linux-6.1sourcebullseye6.1.176-1~deb11u1DLA-4671-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/9cd3f16c320bfdadd4509358122368deb56a5741 (7.1-rc5)

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