What is CVE-2026-80963?

CVE-2026-80963 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.12 onward and patched in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. CVE-2026-80963 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-80963?

CVE-2026-80963 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-80963?

Yes, CVE-2026-80963 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-80963 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-80963 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-80963

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-stats: fix a crash if allocation of per-cpu data fails If "dm_kvzalloc(percpu_alloc_size, cpu_to_node(cpu))" fails, the code jumps to the "out" label and calls dm_stat_free. dm_stat_free does "for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) { dm_kvfree(s->stat_percpu[cpu][0].histogram, s->histogram_alloc_size);", which crashes with NULL pointer dereference if s->stat_percpu[cpu] is NULL. This commit fixes the bug by testing s->stat_percpu[cpu] for NULL before using it.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-09-11

Last modified 2026-09-14

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3-rc1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.12

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.270 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.221 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.188 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.157 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.109 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.50 6.18.x ✓ 7.2.4 7.2.x ✓ 7.3-rc1

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-80963?

CVE-2026-80963 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.12 onward and has been patched in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. CVE-2026-80963 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-80963?

Yes. CVE-2026-80963 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-80963 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-80963 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.