CVE-2026-64088 batman-adv: tt: fix negative tt_buff_len

What is CVE-2026-64088?

CVE-2026-64088 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

batman-adv: tt: fix negative tt_buff_len

batadv_orig_node::tt_buff_len was declared as s16, but the field is never intended to hold a negative value. When a value greater than 32767 is assigned, it wraps to a negative signed integer.

In batadv_send_other_tt_response(), tt_buff_len is temporarily widened to s32. The incorrectly negative s16 value propagates into the s32, causing batadv_tt_prepare_tvlv_global_data() to allocate a full sized buffer but populates only a small portion of it with the collected changeset. All remaining bits are kept uninitialized.

Using an u16 avoids this type confusion and ensures that no (negative) sign extension is performed in batadv_send_other_tt_response().

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-64088?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-64088?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-64088 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-64088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-64088, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-64088, GHSA-r69h-9cf6-78mg, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-64088.