CVE-2026-52919

batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown

High · published June 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown

batadv_tp_sender_shutdown() unconditionally decrements the "sending"

atomic counter. If multiple paths (e.g. timeout, user cancel, and

normal finish) call this function, the counter can underflow to -1.

Since the sender logic treats any non-zero value as "still sending",

a negative value causes the sender kthread to loop indefinitely.

This leads to a use-after-free when the interface is removed while

the zombie thread is still active.

Fix this by using atomic_xchg() to ensure the counter only transitions

from 1 to 0 once.

[sven: added missing change in batadv_tp_send]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00117 · 1.6th percentile
Published
2026-06-24T07:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 07:14Z
    batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown
    cvelistv5