PT-2026-51707 · Linux · Linux

Published 2026-06-24 · Updated 2026-06-24 · CVE-2026-52914

Mitre

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

batman-adv: fix fragment reassembly length accounting

batman-adv keeps a running payload length for queued fragments and uses it to validate a fragment chain before reassembly.

That accounting currently allows the accumulated fragment length to be truncated during updates. As a result, malformed fragment chains can bypass the intended validation and drive reassembly with inconsistent length state, leading to a local denial of service.

Fix the accounting by storing the accumulated length in a length-typed field and rejecting update overflows before the existing validation logic runs.

The fix was verified against the original reproducer and against valid fragment reassembly paths.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-52914

Affected Products

Linux

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52914 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdb2c96efb2baeb3725e9ce3ede8f1e36f5490f0 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f653b040dad1af70fa5cd4fe085e4758925480c9 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975563c5de1123dde1ec7946bf5556d20c89d74e · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cd3f16c320bfdadd4509358122368deb56a5741 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb8bcb823391bd58997831b3c9c152a4ba8e255 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4f3f6b818aa6a678bc54a2d4e0bece2303c6a64 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e910dbf509125fe51ad68e4fa74dc8ab0a8e787a · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37be61825b15534a16ff9cfc9546de155b6df982 · Note