CVE-2026-72230 (GCVE-0-2026-72230)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:54
Modified
2026-08-17 05:10
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: frag: free unfragmentable packet The caller of batadv_frag_send_packet() assume that the skb provided to the function are always consumed. But the pre-check for an empty payload or the zero fragment size returned an error without any further actions. A failed pre-check must use the same error handling code as the rest of the function.
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Linux Linux Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
Version: ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4
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