CVE-2026-64092

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: tp_meter: fix tp_vars reference leak in receiver shutdown The receiver shutdown timer handler, batadv_tp_receiver_shutdown(), is responsible for releasing the tp_vars reference it holds. However, the existing logic for coordinating this release with batadv_tp_stop_all() was flawed. timer_shutdown_sync() guarantees the timer will not fire again after it returns, but it returns non-zero only when the timer was pending at the time of the call. If the timer had already expired (and batadv_tp_stop_all() would unsucessfully try to rearm itself), batadv_tp_stop_all() skips its batadv_tp_vars_put(), and batadv_tp_receiver_shutdown() fails to put its own reference as well. Fix this by introducing a new atomic variable receiving that is set to 1 when the receiver is initialized and cleared atomically with atomic_xchg() by whichever side claims it first. Only the side that observes the transition from 1 to 0 is responsible for releasing the tp_vars timer reference, eliminating the uncertainty.

Package Linux Kernel
Published 2026-07-19
Last modified 2026-07-19
Patch available
Not yet patched

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.10.259, 6.6.140, 6.12.90, 6.18.32, 7.0.9 and later are affected. No fixed version recorded yet.

Affected from
≥ 5.10.259 ≥ 6.6.140 ≥ 6.12.90 ≥ 6.18.32 ≥ 7.0.9