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CVE-2026-52919

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

batman-adv: fix tp_meter counter underflow during shutdown

batadv_tp_sender_shutdown() unconditionally decrements the "sending"
atomic counter. If multiple paths (e.g. timeout, user cancel, and
normal finish) call this function, the counter can underflow to -1.

Since the sender logic treats any non-zero value as "still sending",
a negative value causes the sender kthread to loop indefinitely.
This leads to a use-after-free when the interface is removed while
the zombie thread is still active.

Fix this by using atomic_xchg() to ensure the counter only transitions
from 1 to 0 once.

[sven: added missing change in batadv_tp_send]

Vulnerability Details

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Source
NVD
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux

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