Kernel buffer overread via truncated Ethernet header
Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel batman-adv DAT code allows attackers to read beyond a truncated Ethernet frame buffer. The batadv_dat_get_vid() path calls batadv_get_vid() without first ensuring that the Ethernet header protocol field is present in accessible packet data. The public record does not identify a reachable attacker-controlled packet path or establish whether the overread discloses data, crashes the kernel, or has another effect.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel batman-adv DAT code allows attackers to read beyond a truncated Ethernet frame buffer. The batadv_dat_get_vid() path calls batadv_get_vid() without first ensuring that the Ethernet header protocol field is present in accessible packet data. The public record does not identify a reachable attacker-controlled packet path or establish whether the overread discloses data, crashes the kernel, or has another effect.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80599
- Published
- Aug 28, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 28, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.13
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <26560c4a03dc4d607331600c187f59ab2df5f341
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <3c62694c31f043568c3f4784b8d247cc3bea6b4c
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <4407ff3af469356f9641c4a6e7072309bae86bea
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <5836a050d02e9598fa0f71e88dde28b63dfa35e3
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <6d3ea37074bb747f745d28138f87745ba9bd97c5
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <7913935d41f166c367bbf7cc76a79e50044388e8
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <8f76277d02176cd739945bba3379448e2e22e799
- Affected versionversion=be1db4f6615b5e6156c807ea8985171c215c2d57 <da3677b5ed362742d30ceab31bfafcdc74dc2642
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