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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-80601 (HIGH 8.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: gw: acquire ethernet header 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

[NVD] CVE-2026-80601 (HIGH 8.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: gw: acquire ethernet header 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

mednvdPublished 2026-08-28

CVE-2026-80601 CVSS: 8.8 HIGH Published: 2026-08-28T08:16:43.947

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

batman-adv: gw: acquire ethernet header 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.

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80601