--- /dev/null
+Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:56:23 +0200
+Subject: batman-adv: fix OOB read/write in network-coding decode
+
+batadv_nc_skb_decode_packet() trusts coded_len and checks only against
+skb->len. XOR starts at sizeof(struct batadv_unicast_packet), reducing
+payload headroom, and the source skb length is not verified, allowing an
+out-of-bounds read and a small out-of-bounds write.
+
+Validate that coded_len fits within the payload area of both destination
+and source sk_buffs before XORing.
+
+Fixes: 65aa656f3be9 ("batman-adv: network coding - receive coded packets and decode them")
+Origin: upstream, https://git.open-mesh.org/batman-adv.git/commit/?id=afd409d7b189044fc9bf66e50de35cb1fc08a1ee
+
+--- a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
++++ b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
+@@ -1687,7 +1687,12 @@ batadv_nc_skb_decode_packet(struct batad
+
+ coding_len = ntohs(coded_packet_tmp.coded_len);
+
+- if (coding_len > skb->len)
++ /* ensure dst buffer is large enough (payload only) */
++ if (coding_len + h_size > skb->len)
++ return NULL;
++
++ /* ensure src buffer is large enough (payload only) */
++ if (coding_len + h_size > nc_packet->skb->len)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* Here the magic is reversed: