{"id":"CVE-2026-72235","revision":"e4323343e48c4f8d974fa2dc7da17aac","records":[{"revision":"e4323343e48c4f8d974fa2dc7da17aac","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-72235","aliases":[],"title":"batman-adv: retrieve ethhdr after potential skb realloc on RX","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbatman-adv: retrieve ethhdr after potential skb realloc on RX\n\npskb_may_pull() in batadv_interface_rx() could reallocate the buffer behind\nthe skb. Variables which were pointing to the old buffer need to be\nreassigned to avoid an use-after-free.\n\nThis was done correctly for the VLAN header but missed for the ethernet\nheader which is later used for the TT and AP isolation handling.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-08-15T05:54:25.136+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-16T18:45:04.206+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"c6c8fea29769d998d94fcec9b9f14d4b52b349d3\",\n                           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\"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.178\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.145\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.97\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": 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