THREAT OPS › Threat 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
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
- CVE-2026-80601cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80601