Bug 2461761 (CVE-2026-31678) - CVE-2026-31678 kernel: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release
Summary: CVE-2026-31678 kernel: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31678
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-04-25 09:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-27 10:53 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-25 09:01:48 UTC
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.


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