Service interruption via leaked OGM aggregation packets
Published Jul 19, 2026 · Updated Jul 19, 2026
Resource leak in the Linux Kernel batman-adv module allows attackers to exhaust memory while disabling a hard interface. During batadv_v_ogm_iface_disable(), batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif() can keep adding skbs after aggregation work stops, so they are never consumed or freed. Published records do not establish the privileges needed to disable the interface; the bounded consequence is resource exhaustion and service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Resource leak in the Linux Kernel batman-adv module allows attackers to exhaust memory while disabling a hard interface. During batadv_v_ogm_iface_disable(), batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif() can keep adding skbs after aggregation work stops, so they are never consumed or freed. Published records do not establish the privileges needed to disable the interface; the bounded consequence is resource exhaustion and service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-63835
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 19, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-772, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.4
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <3d4548c96d6f21ac1a9b06c5f82f3ef439c87023
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <86ab6b6fb5b82163bf6c45780bb72150021d7349
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <97644fdaaf6446ffbe182c5eb804fceb5b1a51b7
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <d11c00b95b2a3b3934007fc003dccc6fdcc061ad
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <d3569327fc7395b2b0461a0a0cb77a0bb74786c0
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <d462ced79dd430200cf888984e8005da77fc810b
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <f04dde74399431fb07abbdd9cd5d0ed624771d04
- Affected versionversion=f89255a02f1d75d8e1b9d1c31435fcb64840cb2a <f79deaaf822ab0ee2424cf28781f9ab91576bea3
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