batman-adv: bla: fix freeing of claims on meshif deletion
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: bla: fix freeing of claims on meshif deletion When the mesh interface is getting deleted, then batadv_bla_del_backbone_claims() (via batadv_bla_purge_backbone_gw()) could make sure that all claims gets removed. But this function is only executed when bat_priv->bla.claim_hash is not NULL. And since batadv_bla_free() is always setting it to NULL before it is (indirectly) called, it was never actually executed. But the batadv_bla_purge_claims() -> batadv_handle_unclaim() is at the moment too fragile because the BLA code is not handling the rehashing in batadv_bla_update_orig_address(). The stored backbone address doesn't have to be the one actually used for the hash bucket selection during the initial adding of the backbone. The batadv_handle_unclaim() can therefore fail to find the respective backbone for the unclaim and then stop the deletion. But the actual backbone_gw object is not needed for the unclaim because all relevant information is always provided by the caller. And the check for the existence of the backbone_gw doesn't provide any additional security check for the deletion of a claim.
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 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89948
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9m5r-cr5m-2hhr
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/844a95a734f178d56c7acce14c5cce2cecff7e1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baeb1a28fd8e2f68193650d3664a8cd1adfd85c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aacffa780a37e06cd5a13d33740a6e96c3a67e6c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76aedcde5a2489cc971d4d1e396e784a49565e96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f50edb69082a8ba990cc23d642089829f99afe6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871acdf97f64cee8398f72b88b89e8b4f4816dbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a0c47023d3254048a1588534755d4476bcc3abc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d128c932bced74e3b1625ba3d7c78ef122a88a7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89948 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89948 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9m5r-cr5m-2hhr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89948 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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