CVE-2026-46233
Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: bla: only purge non-released claims
When batadv_bla_purge_claims() goes through the list of claims, it is only traversing the hash list with an rcu_read_lock(). Due to a potential parallel batadv_claim_put(), it can happen that it encounters a claim which was actually in the process of being released+freed by batadv_claim_release(). In this case, backbone_gw is set to NULL before the delayed RCU kfree is started. Calling batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw() is then no longer allowed because it would cause a NULL-ptr derefence.
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To avoid this, only claims with a valid reference counter must be purged. All others are already taken care of.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 5
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-476
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6725c523a35eeca611ff37e7d4a8712fae92aefd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b7ebb7222a5524ce58e48cc9c6d688320ea6cfe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b8fbcee3184d848b5aee085ca16d0cf05c9b641
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9f58d5e3261f3deeae69ec1e237f38ef3ff5cbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab3dbd07a809a8eb30c7ddfab9ac886ed30dce8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afb5436f6028fd68f408f189230fbaa19c910d72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b65365d2b1e6095c538d49baeb140dd1c166c1b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf6b604011591865ae39ac82de8978c1120d17af
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