CVE-2026-52913

What the bug is

When a batadv_hard_iface is disabled, its mesh_iface pointer is set to NULL. However, batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif() may still dispatch OGMs via batadv_v_ogm_queue_on_if() for interfaces that have since lost their mesh_iface association. This results in a NULL pointer dereference when batadv_v_ogm_queue_on_if() unconditionally calls netdev_priv() on the now NULL hard_iface->mesh_iface to retrieve the batadv_priv. It is necessary to ensure that the batadv_v_ogm_queue_on_if() checks that it is using the same mesh_iface for which batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif() was called.

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c

What this is

BATMAN ADVANCEDMAINTAINERS section matched on net/batman-adv/ · b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org · Maintained

Kernel module

batman_adv

Check it on the machine

grep -wE 'CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV|CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BATMAN_V' /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

lsmod | grep -w batman_adv

Prints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian builds this, but not on every flavour. At least one release below builds the code on some of its kernel flavours and not on others, so the answer depends on the architecture and flavour installed.

• bookworm, trixie, forky, sidMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64

M

a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it

Build switches

CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV, CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_BATMAN_V

Reads as

all on means the file is compiled; any one off means it is not.

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published

2026-06-24 (4 months ago)source

CVSS

no vector published, unrated

Attack vector

not published

EPSS

0.12%, higher than 1.9% of all CVEssource

CISA KEV

not listedthe KEV catalogue

Debian urgency

not yet assignedsource

Subsystem

net/batman-adv

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

Introduced	Fixed in	Commit
4.6	5.10.259	d7391a2b854a
4.6	5.15.210	70c9f6ab0d8f
4.6	6.1.176	040fe8eb3462
4.6	6.6.143	31dcb9711abd
4.6	6.12.93	aad70db50ea3
4.6	6.18.34	1be1e99cbd5b
4.6	7.0.11	4ff461af943e
4.6	7.1	f8ce8b8331a1

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