Not yet scoredPublished Aug 28, 2026

CVE-2026-80616ieee802154: Avoid calling WARN_ON() on -ENOMEM in cfg802154_switch_netns()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:30 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: Avoid calling WARN_ON() on -ENOMEM in cfg802154_switch_netns() It's pointless to call WARN_ON() in case of an allocation failure in dev_change_net_namespace() and device_rename(), since it only leads to useless splats caused by deliberate fault injections, so avoid it. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0 before c67e70202cfd602f86d3e59fe6fffecaf4110f40; from 66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0 before f300e68014cf10af9aa0c0ad958750a8509c8e44; from 66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0 before f4860dd988b1041d70595f2ed84de80f90cb7ebc; 66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0 builds before 6fcba77571c53f656a2f109259601a7570d4c74a; from 66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0 before 0569f67ed6a7af838e2141da93c68e6b6013f483	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c67e70202cfd602f86d3e59fe6fffecaf4110f40
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f300e68014cf10af9aa0c0ad958750a8509c8e44
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4860dd988b1041d70595f2ed84de80f90cb7ebc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcba77571c53f656a2f109259601a7570d4c74a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0569f67ed6a7af838e2141da93c68e6b6013f483

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