CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80616

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's ieee802154 subsystem, cfg802154_switch_netns() calls WARN_ON() on memory allocation failure in dev_change_net_namespace() and device_rename(). This leads to unnecessary warnings during deliberate fault injections.

Risk Assessment

Unnecessary warnings can clutter logs and hinder detection of real issues, but pose no direct threat.

Recommendation

Apply a kernel patch that removes the WARN_ON() call on -ENOMEM.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS