CVE-2026-46231: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: bla: put backbone reference on failed claim hash insert When batadv_bla_add_claim() fails to insert a new claim into the hash, it leaked a reference to the backbone_gw for which the claim was intended. Call batadv_backbone_gw_put() on the error path to release the reference and avoid leaking the backbone_gw object.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.16.39, before 3.17 (fixed in 3.17); from 4.4.217, before 4.5 (fixed in 4.5); from 4.7.1, before 5.10.258 (fixed in 5.10.258); from 5.11, before 5.15.209 (fixed in 5.15.209); from 5.16, before 6.1.175 (fixed in 6.1.175); from 6.2, before 6.6.140 (fixed in 6.6.140); …

Published 2026-05-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.