PT-2026-116822 · Linux · Linux

CVE-2026-98603

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Published

2026-10-18

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Updated

2026-10-18

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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.
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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-98603

Affected Products

Linux