batman-adv: dat: atomically update mac addresses
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: dat: atomically update mac addresses When a MAC address is updated in batadv_dat_entry_add(), it is done using a simple copy function. A parallel reader might only see parts of this update. In worst case, the reader is transporting the half updated MAC address over the network or is creating an ARP response using it - poisoning the ARP cache. atomic64_t can be used to store the 48 bit of a mac address. A reader will then either see the old mac address or the new one - never a mixture of both.
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 5.10.271, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 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-2026-93204
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9fhg-rrvj-mjc8
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@181012b3d29c51197c235ee5871fc7512c736855, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181012b3d29c51197c235ee5871fc7512c736855
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/159360a0de831845c4500b4f8638decdcd624040
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/259db2c04586d40b82c5c3002b1e28b0698a0bb7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1674855a5b6eacfe35f4db3095d7055c25467274
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66238e2a74eca5dabf85b0cd2c3c944e474dc2fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5e4d6cb4f6848b8906c1c493f99a8ccc0638515
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68038c77a2f38c09c7e2e4f7fa1f4e246fdf2c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6de568d3eda3e3c01c868fabd7a9535d5ee4a73
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93204 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93204 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9fhg-rrvj-mjc8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93204 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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