Bug 2555001 (CVE-2026-98604) - CVE-2026-98604 kernel: ovpn: replace bind when learning local endpoint
Summary: CVE-2026-98604 kernel: ovpn: replace bind when learning local endpoint
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98604
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:38 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 15:58 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:38:26 UTC
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.


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