CVE-2026-52919

HIGH

batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown batadv_tp_sender_shutdown() unconditionally decrements the "sending" atomic counter. If multiple paths (e.g. timeout, user cancel, and normal finish) call this function, the counter can underflow to -1. Since the sender logic treats any non-zero value as "still sending", a negative value causes the sender kthread to loop indefinitely. This leads to a use-after-free when the interface is removed while the zombie thread is still active. Fix this by using atomic_xchg() to ensure the counter only transitions from 1 to 0 once. [sven: added missing change in batadv_tp_send]

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 1.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-191
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 4.8.0 - 5.10.258linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.209linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.175linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.34linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.142linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.92linux
Linux/Linux < 4.8
Linux/Linux 33a3bb4a3345bb511f9c69c913da95d4693e2a4e - 01cefc5923889e29dbb5f281c3d457714ceb9c00
Linux/Linux 33a3bb4a3345bb511f9c69c913da95d4693e2a4e - 90ae3eae06b7b8ab9f6250b9497c860915b4c17b
... and 17 more
Published Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 24, 2026