CVE-2026-52916
batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment
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: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment
batadv_frag_skb_buffer() is called by batadv_batman_skb_recv() when a
BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet is received. Once all fragments are collected
and the packet is reassembled, batadv_recv_frag_packet() calls
batadv_batman_skb_recv() again to process the defragmented payload.
A malicious sender can craft a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet whose reassembled
payload is itself a BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet (matryoshka-style nesting).
Each nesting level recurses through batadv_batman_skb_recv() without bound,
growing the kernel stack until it is exhausted.
Since refragmentation or fragments in fragments are not actually allowed,
discard all packets which are still BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packets after the
defragmentation process.
Affected products
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c208fa3859e3a33a1c38bebc41d021166e94ac8https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5418be6c2e117bf8a316582795a8e3ff90f45e5dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5895ad21c7059a652da83fb817510f7a1e962abfhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7138c35c9ad39a2fca6264af6b87466471f04ffchttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aea54d0bbe156d5ab7d00d68f66149ff41f4612ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b54e459cf86943583c1aa2ee3081874e7ab1f5f3https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc62216dc8e221e3781afa14430f45208bfa9af9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcda4814dc6524283c0b958882cb963d75fe411d