CVE-2026-80694 (GCVE-0-2026-80694)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-28 06:53
Modified
2026-08-29 06:22
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: pass eth to mtk_handle_irq_rx in poll_controller mtk_handle_irq_rx expects a struct mtk_eth * (matching the request_irq cookie), but mtk_poll_controller incorrectly passed the net_device *. Calling ndo_poll_controller with CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER enabled would then crash.
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Linux Linux Version: 8186f6e382d8719d0a4bc0ef218c4dd7cf55b496
Version: 8186f6e382d8719d0a4bc0ef218c4dd7cf55b496
Version: 8186f6e382d8719d0a4bc0ef218c4dd7cf55b496
Version: 8186f6e382d8719d0a4bc0ef218c4dd7cf55b496
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