CVE-2026-72233: Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: bla: reacquire gw address after skb realloc The pskb_may_pull() called by batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw() 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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 4.12, before 5.10.261 (fixed in 5.10.261); from 5.11, before 5.15.212 (fixed in 5.15.212); from 5.16, before 6.1.178 (fixed in 6.1.178); from 6.2, before 6.6.145 (fixed in 6.6.145); from 6.7, before 6.12.97 (fixed in 6.12.97); from 6.13, before 6.18.40 (fixed in 6.18.40); …

Published 2026-08-15. Last modified 2026-08-17.