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CVE-2026-68342
ovpn: avoid putting unrelated P2P peer on socket release
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: avoid putting unrelated P2P peer on socket release ovpn_peer_release_p2p() is called when an OVPN UDP socket is being destroyed. It checks the currently published P2P peer and releases it only if that peer still uses the socket being destroyed. A peer replacement can publish a new peer before the old UDP socket is destroyed. When the old socket destruction path runs afterwards, ovpn_peer_release_p2p() observes the new peer through ovpn->peer. Since the new peer uses a different socket, the function takes the socket mismatch branch. That branch still calls ovpn_peer_put(peer). At this point, however, peer is the currently published replacement peer, not the peer associated with the socket being destroyed. Dropping its reference can free it while ovpn->peer still points to it, leading to later use-after-free accesses from the peer and socket cleanup paths. KASAN reports this as a slab-use-after-free on the kmalloc-1k ovpn_peer object. In the reproducer, the object is allocated from ovpn_peer_new() via ovpn_nl_peer_new_doit(), and freed through ovpn_peer_release_rcu() from RCU callback processing. Observed access sites include ovpn_peer_remove(), ovpn_socket_release(), ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify(), and unlock_ovpn(). Fix this by returning from the socket mismatch branch without putting the peer.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 10, 2026, 1:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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Solution
Fix a Linux kernel use-after-free vulnerability by returning early on socket mismatch.
  • Apply the patch to the Linux kernel source code.
  • Recompile and install the updated kernel.
  • Verify the vulnerability is resolved.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/016a50379d17b886d12a4efa5211a418e035fe70
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b52c5103f64ee825996ca1ab8df7283cde8c5f86
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5bf6b39be235ef578af4d39872f0c68cda3b937
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 10, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': 'f6226ae7a0cd47aaa9175aca6a1e19600f884cbf', 'lessThan': 'c5bf6b39be235ef578af4d39872f0c68cda3b937', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'f6226ae7a0cd47aaa9175aca6a1e19600f884cbf', 'lessThan': '016a50379d17b886d12a4efa5211a418e035fe70', 'versionType': 'git'}, {'status': 'affected', 'version': 'f6226ae7a0cd47aaa9175aca6a1e19600f884cbf', 'lessThan': 'b52c5103f64ee825996ca1ab8df7283cde8c5f86', 'versionType': 'git'}], 'programFiles': ['drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}, {'repo': 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git', 'vendor': 'Linux', 'product': 'Linux', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '6.16'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '6.16', 'versionType': 'semver'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '6.18.42', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '6.18.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.1.6', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '7.1.*'}, {'status': 'unaffected', 'version': '7.2-rc5', 'versionType': 'original_commit_for_fix', 'lessThanOrEqual': '*'}], 'programFiles': ['drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c'], 'defaultStatus': 'affected'}]
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: avoid putting unrelated P2P peer on socket release ovpn_peer_release_p2p() is called when an OVPN UDP socket is being destroyed. It checks the currently published P2P peer and releases it only if that peer still uses the socket being destroyed. A peer replacement can publish a new peer before the old UDP socket is destroyed. When the old socket destruction path runs afterwards, ovpn_peer_release_p2p() observes the new peer through ovpn->peer. Since the new peer uses a different socket, the function takes the socket mismatch branch. That branch still calls ovpn_peer_put(peer). At this point, however, peer is the currently published replacement peer, not the peer associated with the socket being destroyed. Dropping its reference can free it while ovpn->peer still points to it, leading to later use-after-free accesses from the peer and socket cleanup paths. KASAN reports this as a slab-use-after-free on the kmalloc-1k ovpn_peer object. In the reproducer, the object is allocated from ovpn_peer_new() via ovpn_nl_peer_new_doit(), and freed through ovpn_peer_release_rcu() from RCU callback processing. Observed access sites include ovpn_peer_remove(), ovpn_socket_release(), ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify(), and unlock_ovpn(). Fix this by returning from the socket mismatch branch without putting the peer.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/016a50379d17b886d12a4efa5211a418e035fe70
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b52c5103f64ee825996ca1ab8df7283cde8c5f86
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5bf6b39be235ef578af4d39872f0c68cda3b937
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