{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-80616","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-26T14:34:25.774Z","datePublished":"2026-08-28T06:48:36.911Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-28T06:48:36.911Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-28T06:48:36.911Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nieee802154: Avoid calling WARN_ON() on -ENOMEM in cfg802154_switch_netns()\n\nIt's pointless to call WARN_ON() in case of an allocation failure in\ndev_change_net_namespace() and device_rename(), since it only leads to\nuseless splats caused by deliberate fault injections, so avoid it.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/ieee802154/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0","lessThan":"f4860dd988b1041d70595f2ed84de80f90cb7ebc","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0","lessThan":"6fcba77571c53f656a2f109259601a7570d4c74a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"66e5c2672cd11b9310008099faf6a4ffb9dfb6d0","lessThan":"0569f67ed6a7af838e2141da93c68e6b6013f483","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/ieee802154/core.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.40","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.40"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4860dd988b1041d70595f2ed84de80f90cb7ebc"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcba77571c53f656a2f109259601a7570d4c74a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0569f67ed6a7af838e2141da93c68e6b6013f483"}],"title":"ieee802154: Avoid calling WARN_ON() on -ENOMEM in cfg802154_switch_netns()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}