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CVE-2026-31657

critical

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: hold claim backbone gateways by reference batadv_bla_add_claim() can replace…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: hold claim backbone gateways by reference batadv_bla_add_claim() can replace claim->backbone_gw and drop the old gateway's last reference while readers still follow the pointer. The netlink claim dump path dereferences claim->backbone_gw->orig and takes claim->backbone_gw->crc_lock without pinning the underlying backbone gateway. batadv_bla_check_claim() still has the same naked pointer access pattern. Reuse batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw() in both readers so they operate on a stable gateway reference until the read-side work is complete. This keeps the dump and claim-check paths aligned with the lifetime rules introduced for the other BLA claim readers.

CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-24 15:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥3.5.1 <6.1.169, ≥6.2 <6.6.135, ≥6.7 <6.12.82, ≥6.13 <6.18.23, ≥6.19 <6.19.13, 3.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2dc36c297d27733f1b380ea644cf15a361bd7b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f55b58b5a0bbed192d60c444a45a49cdf1b545f
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dee4c0688443aaf5bbec74aa203c851d1d53c35
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7962b522222628596ca9ecc8722efc95367aadbd
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82d8701b2c930d0e96b0dbc9115a218d791cb0d2
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4858832ddef2f39f21e30b7226bbcd3c4b2bc96

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC · record ↗

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