# ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix NULL dereference in lowpan_newlink

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97601`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97601`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before a1760f21c32adce41af5ed5687200865d8feaaeb` (git)
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before 5063b9354e6e285dae61e530b30458498444a914` (git)
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before 16d8e0b560d50cd1a9e6d77a9a154a94c4d6021e` (git)
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before 543994fa03c36a91d967a12c5c99cae74899504c` (git)
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before 1c7710af7ad9532b534f1c134c11b04dbe4e0e0f` (git)
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before 98ce5a42cde780ee0e40378607d4428c8fc12ec1` (git)
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before 8528da2333ce05cf627f93425f9d05efb08b3146` (git)
  - affected: `51e0e5d8124ece158927a4c2288c0929d3b53aa3 to before bf79662bc85e820ac3b846e2f347da29fbf6ac95` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.3`
  - unaffected: `before 4.3` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97601](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97601)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97601](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97601)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1760f21c32adce41af5ed5687200865d8feaaeb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5063b9354e6e285dae61e530b30458498444a914>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d8e0b560d50cd1a9e6d77a9a154a94c4d6021e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/543994fa03c36a91d967a12c5c99cae74899504c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c7710af7ad9532b534f1c134c11b04dbe4e0e0f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98ce5a42cde780ee0e40378607d4428c8fc12ec1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8528da2333ce05cf627f93425f9d05efb08b3146>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf79662bc85e820ac3b846e2f347da29fbf6ac95>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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