CVE-2026-52916

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 93% most likely to be exploited
Published: June 24, 2026 (15 days ago)
Last Modified: June 24, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's batman-adv module. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted BATADV_UNICAST_FRAG packets, which are designed to contain other fragmented packets. This 'fragments in fragments' scenario causes the kernel to recursively process the packets without bound, leading to kernel stack exhaustion and ultimately a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

CWE

CWE-770

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org