# CVE-2026-80600: batman-adv: dat: acquire ARP hw source only after skb realloc

- 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
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-28 · Updated: 2026-08-29

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: dat: acquire ARP hw source only after skb realloc The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_get_vid() could reallocate the buffer behind the skb. Variables which were pointing to the old buffer need to be reassigned to avoid an use-after-free.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a82fc217cb7a447313c76ebf9f09b100771b0ddf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86aa79b43e5b561fd3648891165bd7313b541315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d755cd001fa2c248e186c1fc3df3d11d97dc843c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3404be97b940a9b1ae1aea5fdbc6cdbbe9cd5146
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01678c53a7717a748aee388b6839e7b9761d641c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b4c70c40f2e135a50cd38fc61c7d23a296a9981
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/059a70e1d12d6d99310e0599d37b0323557569a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48067b2ae4504500a7093d9e1e16b42e70330480

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