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CVE-2026-80959: Linux 6.18
CVE-2026-80959. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00173 (percentile 0.06311), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to before ffd9a214a94f9928e54856f42b1cc3e33fb10e36, 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to before 8bf7a06ca3c1611809725f58cfd573f2ffbda75f, 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to before d1898576090a10d2ac2715218a652e78fb65a6b0
Linux
Linux · 6.18
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00173 · percentile 0.06311 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 10:33:46.008150+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-80959.html