{"cve":"CVE-2026-97601","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:11.463","modified":"2026-10-19T10:17:29.813","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nieee802154: 6lowpan: fix NULL dereference in lowpan_newlink\n\nTUNSETLINK allows a TUN device to change its link-layer type to\nARPHRD_IEEE802154 without initializing ieee802154_ptr. lowpan_newlink()\nchecks only the device type before dereferencing the pointer, so an\nRTM_NEWLINK request can trigger a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nReject devices without ieee802154_ptr along with devices of the wrong type.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d8e0b560d50cd1a9e6d77a9a154a94c4d6021e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c7710af7ad9532b534f1c134c11b04dbe4e0e0f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5063b9354e6e285dae61e530b30458498444a914","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/543994fa03c36a91d967a12c5c99cae74899504c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8528da2333ce05cf627f93425f9d05efb08b3146"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97601","score":0.00211,"percentile":0.11189,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}