CVE-2026-52916

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: frag: disallow unicast fragment in fragment batadvfragskbbuffer is called by batadvbatmanskbrecv when a BATADVUNICASTFRAG packet is received. Once all fragments are collected and the packet is reassembled,...

CVE-2026-52916

CVE-2026-52916 affects the Linux kernel’s BATMAN-adv frag handling. A crafted BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packet can defragment into another BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG, causing unbounded recursion in batadv_batman_skb_recv() and leading to kernel stack exhaustion. The published description specifies that refrag...