CVE-2026-72233

Name	CVE-2026-72233
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: bla: reacquire gw address after skb realloc The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw() 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.262-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.176-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.180-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.94-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.101-1	fixed
	forky	7.1.8-1	fixed
	sid	7.1.8-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.262-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.180-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.100-1
linux	source	(unstable)	7.1.5-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/cdf3b5af2bc4431e58629e8ad2086b1e9185c761 (7.2-rc2)