Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64090

 

Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64090

Published: July 20, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU138553
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64090
CWE-ID: CWE-670
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of empty vlan responses in batman-adv translation table handling when processing indirect translation table replies from the global tt state. A remote attacker can trigger indirect translation table responses containing empty vlan data to cause a denial of service.

The issue affects replies generated indirectly by another node using the global tt state rather than only direct local translation table responses.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64090

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

External References

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