What is CVE-2026-97601?

CVE-2026-97601 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.3 onward and patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-97601 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-97601?

CVE-2026-97601 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-97601?

Yes, CVE-2026-97601 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-97601 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-97601 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-97601

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix NULL dereference in lowpan_newlink TUNSETLINK allows a TUN device to change its link-layer type to ARPHRD_IEEE802154 without initializing ieee802154_ptr. lowpan_newlink() checks only the device type before dereferencing the pointer, so an RTM_NEWLINK request can trigger a NULL pointer dereference. Reject devices without ieee802154_ptr along with devices of the wrong type.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-09-25

Last modified 2026-10-03

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3-rc3 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.3

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.271 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.222 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.189 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.158 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.111 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.53 6.18.x ✓ 7.2.7 7.2.x ✓ 7.3-rc3

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-97601?

CVE-2026-97601 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.3 onward and has been patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-97601 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-97601?

Yes. CVE-2026-97601 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-97601 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-97601 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.