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  "details": "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.",
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  "published": "2026-08-15T05:54:21.256Z",
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