published September 16, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: bla: fix freeing of claims on meshif deletion
When the mesh interface is getting deleted, then
batadv_bla_del_backbone_claims() (via batadv_bla_purge_backbone_gw()) could
make sure that all claims gets removed. But this function is only executed
when bat_priv->bla.claim_hash is not NULL. And since batadv_bla_free() is
always setting it to NULL before it is (indirectly) called, it was never
actually executed.
But the batadv_bla_purge_claims() -> batadv_handle_unclaim() is at the
moment too fragile because the BLA code is not handling the rehashing in
batadv_bla_update_orig_address(). The stored backbone address doesn't have
to be the one actually used for the hash bucket selection during the
initial adding of the backbone. The batadv_handle_unclaim() can therefore
fail to find the respective backbone for the unclaim and then stop the
deletion.
But the actual backbone_gw object is not needed for the unclaim because all
relevant information is always provided by the caller. And the check for
the existence of the backbone_gw doesn't provide any additional security
check for the deletion of a claim.