CVE-2026-98603 (GCVE-0-2026-98603)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-18 15:19 – Updated: 2026-10-19 09:22
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Title
ovpn: replace bind when clearing stale local source
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: replace bind when clearing stale local source The UDP output fallback clears bind->local in place when the remembered source address is no longer usable. The bind is RCU-published and read locklessly by concurrent TX, so an IPv6 reader can observe a torn address. Retry the route lookup with source address autoselection without modifying the bind. After a successful lookup, revalidate the bind and route key under peer->lock, reset the dst cache, and best-effort publish a replacement bind with a wildcard local address. Do not cache the resolved dst when clearing the local source. Replacing the source invalidates all per-CPU cache entries, while dst_cache_set_ip4 and dst_cache_set_ip6 update only the current CPU slot. The current packet can still use the resolved route; if bind allocation fails, a later cache miss retries the repair.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6641 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 08857b5ec5d91d83e69e40a36554a8c7557b7301 , < c44a04722f7dae9a45a101b8e100931ab59f1c18 (git)
Affected: 08857b5ec5d91d83e69e40a36554a8c7557b7301 , < 72bd1bea37ea2c8553938f086bf48ccd2147dfe1 (git)
Affected: 08857b5ec5d91d83e69e40a36554a8c7557b7301 , < 7d8104988f423572df1f3347ce578037b1043f34 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.55 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.9 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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