batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid divide-by-zero for dec_cwnd
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid divide-by-zero for dec_cwnd The cwnd is always MSS <= cwnd <= 0x20000000. But the calculation in batadv_tp_update_cwnd() assumes unsigned 32 bit arithmetics. ((mss * 8) ** 2) / (cwnd * 8) In case cwnd is actually 0x20000000, it will be shifted by 3 bit to the left end up at 0x100000000 or U32_MAX + 1. It will therefore wrap around and be 0 - resulting in: ((mss * 8) ** 2) / 0 This is of course invalid and cannot be calculated. The calculation should must be simplified to avoid this overflow: (mss ** 2) * 8 / cwnd It will keep the precision enhancement from the scaling (by 8) but avoid the overflow in the divisor. In theory, there could still be an overflow in the dividend. It is at the moment fixed to BATADV_TP_PLEN in batadv_tp_recv_ack() - so it is not an imminent problem. But allowing it to use the whole u32 bit range, would mean that it can still use up to 67 bits. To keep this calculation safe for 32 bit arithmetic, mss must never use more than floor((32 - 3) / 2) bits - or in other words: must never be larger than 16383.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.260, 5.15.211, 6.1.177, 6.6.144, 6.12.95, 6.18.38, 7.1.3, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-63836
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f3pj-q27g-923q
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35264c4d46067d6312871488c810cef387f8c1f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1381b021bf886b793fa5ffb895a8efae7ba0318f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d08b69da40a101df1e28bfe1e8fa7a09ffa41107
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd74176cf1685f35a2e5f212d15748bbfecb53b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac229c86e49fdb96d91f51bc2fa37a9c4f58c44f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d2a44bc6bbe39aed03c68864aa0e54e04a50278
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585616dab0aa9c45bc11b2c8082ca78533bc00e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33ccd52f3cc9ed46ce395199f89aa3234dc83314
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Sources
- CVE-2026-63836 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-63836 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f3pj-q27g-923q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-63836 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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