Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 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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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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