High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2026· Updated Aug 29, 2026
CVE-2026-80646
CVE-2026-80646
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: guard against possible NULL deref in __in6_dev_stats_get()
dev_get_by_index_rcu() could return NULL if the original physical device is unregistered.
Found by Sashiko.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 6.12.0-160000.38.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.2.0, < 5.10.261
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.22
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db1949084e85a72d174a7dea3259b94fe5a9305nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a4adfbeb47a212a64539137411f1ca168474d33nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3db30a88815bae6e9d5db6f64ac735e615a07envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/507541c2a8eeb76c02bd2511958f73a8cfa3e1bcnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/952426a83ca75cea25c09d58944abafaa3ebd242nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23f2c68c6635e41404f189f8f7ae910738cebdbnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e14db43677946bf2095febd294bb3c13ab375ab7nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc920c0659cdea5afd8721c1155a51564859e075nvd
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