CVE-2026-72234

CVE-2026-72234

Critical · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

batman-adv: access unicast_ttvn skb->data only after skb realloc

The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_get_vid() could reallocate the buffer

behind the skb. Variables which were pointing to the old buffer need to be

reassigned to avoid an use-after-free.

This was done correctly for the ethernet header but missed for the

unicast_packet pointer.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00734 · 53.9th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:21Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:54Z
    batman-adv: access unicast_ttvn skb->data only after skb realloc
    cvelistv5