CVE-2026-80646
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.72% probability · 54th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db1949084e85a72d174a7dea3259b94fe5a9305
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a4adfbeb47a212a64539137411f1ca168474d33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e3db30a88815bae6e9d5db6f64ac735e615a07e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/507541c2a8eeb76c02bd2511958f73a8cfa3e1bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/952426a83ca75cea25c09d58944abafaa3ebd242
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23f2c68c6635e41404f189f8f7ae910738cebdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e14db43677946bf2095febd294bb3c13ab375ab7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc920c0659cdea5afd8721c1155a51564859e075
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.