CVE-2026-64096
batman-adv: mcast: fix use-after-free in orig_node RCU release
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: mcast: fix use-after-free in orig_node RCU release batadv_mcast_purge_orig() removes entries from RCU-protected hlists but does not wait for an RCU grace period before returning. Concurrent RCU readers may still accesses references to those entries at the point of removal. RCU-protected readers trying to operate on entries like orig->mcast_want_all_ipv6_node will then access already freed memory. Fix this by moving batadv_mcast_purge_orig() to batadv_orig_node_release(), just before the call_rcu() invocation. This ensures RCU readers that were active at purge time have drained before the orig_node memory is reclaimed.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff3a4487ead475e27b43280b8ee3d8464fe280e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78a63fb2f7d5630d1c1f2859a20d4e4226863b41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ced48f55bac73f0822eae90509e51b42b4f646c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70bcb678561f0fb58f33270fc73f12f3be72b878
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef897c9d2dd0d9339167fb82b62beff68d076cb
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