CVE-2026-98604

ovpn: replace bind when learning local endpoint

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 18, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ovpn: replace bind when learning local endpoint

struct ovpn_bind is published through peer->bind with RCU, but local endpoint learning updates bind->local in place under peer->lock. UDP TX reads the field without that lock. In particular, a concurrent IPv6 update can therefore result in a torn address read.

Use ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr to publish a replacement bind when learning a new local endpoint, just as a remote endpoint change does. Preserve the current remote address and reset the dst cache only after the new bind has been published successfully.

Track remote endpoint changes separately so that float notification and transport-address rehashing remain limited to actual peer floats.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • f0281c1d3732d1ec084fa1e06d1767d33e1a570e to before 21dbc9f4d0bdd3b22f91beabc7840064bf11594fAffected
  • f0281c1d3732d1ec084fa1e06d1767d33e1a570e to before e283009151d3d131447c2edda500199c5fda5f72Affected
  • f0281c1d3732d1ec084fa1e06d1767d33e1a570e to before aea934a221ec6a867221e5b765f65f1857befd53Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.16Affected
  • before 6.16Not affected
  • 6.18.55 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.9 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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