CVE-2026-80616 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0569f67ed6a7af838e2141da93c68e6b6013f483
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcba77571c53f656a2f109259601a7570d4c74a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4860dd988b1041d70595f2ed84de80f90cb7ebc

History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-665

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		ieee802154: Avoid calling WARN_ON() on -ENOMEM in cfg802154_switch_netns()
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0569f67ed6a7af838e2141da93c68e6b6013f483 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcba77571c53f656a2f109259601a7570d4c74a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4860dd988b1041d70595f2ed84de80f90cb7ebc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-28T06:48:36.911Z

Updated: 2026-08-28T06:48:36.911Z

Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.774Z

Link: CVE-2026-80616

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-28T08:16:45.620

Modified: 2026-08-28T08:16:45.620

Link: CVE-2026-80616

Redhat

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