CVE-2026-31678

HIGH

openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release ovs_netdev_tunnel_destroy() may run after NETDEV_UNREGISTER already detached the device. Dropping the netdev reference in destroy can race with concurrent readers that still observe vport->dev. Do not release vport->dev in ovs_netdev_tunnel_destroy(). Instead, let vport_netdev_free() drop the reference from the RCU callback, matching the non-tunnel destroy path and avoiding additional synchronization under RTNL.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-367
Status published
Products (16)
Linux/Linux < 4.3
Linux/Linux 4.3
Linux/Linux 6.1.168 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.80 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.21 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.11 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.131 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux a9020fde67a6eb77f8130feff633189f99264db1 - 42f0d3d81209654c08ffdde5a34b9b92d2645896
Linux/Linux a9020fde67a6eb77f8130feff633189f99264db1 - 6931d21f87bc6d657f145798fad0bf077b82486c
... and 6 more
Published Apr 25, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 25, 2026