Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72226
batman-adv: tt: prevent TVLV OOB check overflow
9.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: tt: prevent TVLV OOB check overflow
A TT unicast TVLV contains the number of VLANs stored in it. This number is
an u16 and gets multiplied by the size of the struct
batadv_tvlv_tt_vlan_data (8 bytes). The size can therefore overflow the u16
used to store the tt_vlan_len. All additional safety checks to prevent
out-of-bounds access of the TVLV buffer are invalid due to this overflow.
Using size_t prevents this overflow and ensures that the safety checks
compare against the actual buffer requirements.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b before 0de12a4c4847f571d82a9cd96bc633eded41d7c6; 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b before d6ff4764ff784ede25f5c83a6f5883a74c93a5ea; 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b before 1898273c5dc8148267ef9f97cd2517a2822350e7; 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b before 604bd5042fbcd1ab9f7cd98fd847ec017aeede8a; 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b before 7319c0794f91be2734aac695794e7203606b49f8; 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b before 3256c05d5a9db34346eaf20f52dddde984852d77; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72226
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72226
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de12a4c4847f571d82a9cd96bc633eded41d7c6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1898273c5dc8148267ef9f97cd2517a2822350e7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3256c05d5a9db34346eaf20f52dddde984852d77
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/604bd5042fbcd1ab9f7cd98fd847ec017aeede8a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6222b443686525cb5a9b6a9cecf23b2e2ab23e2a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7319c0794f91be2734aac695794e7203606b49f8
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