> CVE-2026-68342

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PUBLISHED
2026-08-10 13:20
MODIFIED
2026-08-10 13:20
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.18%
Top 93.1%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-08-10 RED HAT 🔗 2026-08-16 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25 OSV 🔗 2026-08-16

> 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.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Moderate

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

ovpn: avoid putting unrelated P2P peer on socket release

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
Linux / Kernel

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
10/08/2026 13:20
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 16/08/2026 05:02
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Moderate", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 16/08/2026 05:02
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 2 Dernière mise à jour: 2 months ago

> REFERENCES

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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