CVE-2026-72230: batman-adv: frag: free unfragmentable packet

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72230DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72230
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 17-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72230 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 16 · Related 15
SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1USN-8875-1USN-8875-2USN-8876-1USN-8877-1USN-8878-1

Timeline

  1. 15-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: batman-adv: frag: free unfragmentable packet The caller of batadv_frag_send_packet() assume that the skb provided to the function are always consumed. But the pre-check for an empty payload or the zero fragment size returned an error without any further actions. A failed pre-check must use the same error handling code as the rest of the function.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 06-10-2026

06-10-202605-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu169 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-198.208 | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1117.124 | < 6.8.0-1067.70 | < 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.180-1 | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < a5155aeeae8ead3c6081f7f197608033e4dcfe75 | ≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < 04ccbed8179e7d4d0906d00939300ddc5b48ce7e | ≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < 601dff01a03ecced59938cdd69eeb2c66e4158f2 | ≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < 740542f11bf8c86411c429fbd7f84fc6bee80e76 | ≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < 59e1da1ab354d1f2b7bab8d44f846262f990ad9d | ≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < 8f54162e07d3eea1e4ff21464cf2a815d79b6510 | ≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < 08047838817561cef33ada9774a2a4663d499ecb | ≥ ee75ed88879af88558818a5c6609d85f60ff0df4, < 6b628425aed49a1c7a4ffc997583840fc582d32b | 3.13

3 vendors · 171 products

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