CVE-2026-52922

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

Publication date:

24/06/2026

Last modified:

08/07/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: dat: handle forward allocation error batadv_dat_forward_data() calls pskb_copy_for_clone() to duplicate an skb for each DHT candidate, but does not check the return value before passing it to batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast_4addr(). That function dereferences the skb unconditionally, so a failed allocation triggers a NULL pointer dereference. Skip forwarding to the current DHT candidate on allocation failure.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.50

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.8 (including)	5.10.258 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.209 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.175 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.142 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.92 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.18.34 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.19 (including)	7.0.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2026-52922

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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