In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: hold claim backbone gateways by reference batadv_bla_add_claim() can replace claim->backbone_gw and drop the old gateway's last reference while readers still follow the pointer. The netlink claim dump path dereferences claim->backbone_gw->orig and takes claim->backbone_gw->crc_lock without pinning the underlying backbone gateway. batadv_bla_check_claim() still has the same naked pointer access pattern. Reuse batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw() in both readers so they operate on a stable gateway reference until the read-side work is complete. This keeps the dump and claim-check paths aligned with the lifetime rules introduced for the other BLA claim readers.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2dc36c297d27733f1b380ea644cf15a361bd7b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f55b58b5a0bbed192d60c444a45a49cdf1b545f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dee4c0688443aaf5bbec74aa203c851d1d53c35 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7962b522222628596ca9ecc8722efc95367aadbd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82d8701b2c930d0e96b0dbc9115a218d791cb0d2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4858832ddef2f39f21e30b7226bbcd3c4b2bc96 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 2
- CwesCWE-476 → CWE-476, CWE-416NVD modified 2026-10-19 19:18
- First seenCVSS 9.8 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 9
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2dc36c297d27733f1b380ea644cf15a361bd7b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f55b58b5a0bbed192d60c444a45a49cdf1b545f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dee4c0688443aaf5bbec74aa203c851d1d53c35 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5202f071b367ffbc8e279fc7a00db14f5e587f52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69d1ce9c72eca91203ffdb8d08bacd511100aec6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7962b522222628596ca9ecc8722efc95367aadbd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82d8701b2c930d0e96b0dbc9115a218d791cb0d2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4858832ddef2f39f21e30b7226bbcd3c4b2bc96 Patch