CVE-2026-52914
batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
24 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In 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.
Affected products
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37be61825b15534a16ff9cfc9546de155b6df982https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb8bcb823391bd58997831b3c9c152a4ba8e255https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975563c5de1123dde1ec7946bf5556d20c89d74ehttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cd3f16c320bfdadd4509358122368deb56a5741https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4f3f6b818aa6a678bc54a2d4e0bece2303c6a64https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e910dbf509125fe51ad68e4fa74dc8ab0a8e787ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f653b040dad1af70fa5cd4fe085e4758925480c9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdb2c96efb2baeb3725e9ce3ede8f1e36f5490f0