{"cve":"CVE-2026-72230","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:49.870","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:24.257","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbatman-adv: frag: free unfragmentable packet\n\nThe caller of batadv_frag_send_packet() assume that the skb provided to the\nfunction are always consumed. But the pre-check for an empty payload or the\nzero fragment size returned an error without any further actions.\n\nA failed pre-check must use the same error handling code as the rest of the\nfunction.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04ccbed8179e7d4d0906d00939300ddc5b48ce7e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08047838817561cef33ada9774a2a4663d499ecb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e1da1ab354d1f2b7bab8d44f846262f990ad9d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/601dff01a03ecced59938cdd69eeb2c66e4158f2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b628425aed49a1c7a4ffc997583840fc582d32b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72230","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.1252,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}