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But in\nthis process, another receiver of this notification can veto the\nregistration. The netdev registration will be aborted because of this veto.\n\nThe register_netdevice() call will try to clean up the net_device using\nunregister_netdevice_queue() - which only uses the .priv_destructor to\nfree private resources. In this situation, .dellink will not be called.\n\nThe cleanup of the untagged batadv_meshif_vlan must thefore be done in the\ndestructor to avoid a leak of this object.","epss":{"date":"2026-11-06","percentile":0.12552,"score":0.0022},"exploits":[],"kev":null,"metrics":[],"modifiedAt":1793985580593,"publishedAt":1786773260512,"references":[{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86e32dfb6a6fe29898f4a562b7b6e38e480bba4d"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ae245168268b705a204f93c318b30107d10e92"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbca15fcbeed5276af440a53aed3901590fa7fc9"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2423da55976ea249f73029e468aefda4b94acba"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ca6250591cfe78408114a54eaa8d58da51bfa"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c945f6007e7851e74706c72f98763023699bcd97"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a82c558098889cc8bfff85cc62f563833205d91"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8669a550c752d86baebc5fdc83b8ff35c4372c0e"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ae245168268b705a204f93c318b30107d10e92"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a82c558098889cc8bfff85cc62f563833205d91"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8669a550c752d86baebc5fdc83b8ff35c4372c0e"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86e32dfb6a6fe29898f4a562b7b6e38e480bba4d"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c945f6007e7851e74706c72f98763023699bcd97"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbca15fcbeed5276af440a53aed3901590fa7fc9"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f15ca6250591cfe78408114a54eaa8d58da51bfa"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2423da55976ea249f73029e468aefda4b94acba"}],"remediation":[],"revision":"4b040ec63e3a4399519c845b291dfeedb49eb0513d26a87e6b2747f1982e4f68","sources":[{"modifiedAt":1793984123183,"name":"CNA: Linux","retrievedAt":1793986070562,"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72229"},{"modifiedAt":1793985580593,"name":"NVD","retrievedAt":1793989699556,"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72229"},{"modifiedAt":null,"name":"FIRST EPSS","retrievedAt":1793986073744,"url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-72229"}],"ssvc":{"assessedAt":1793983988171,"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","source":"ADP: CISA-ADP","technicalImpact":"partial"},"status":"published","title":"batman-adv: clean untagged VLAN on netdev registration failure","updatedAt":1793989699556}