{"id":"CVE-2026-74727","summary":"ovpn: skip rehash for peers already removed from by_id","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\novpn: skip rehash for peers already removed from by_id\n\novpn_nl_peer_set_doit() resolves the target peer via\novpn_peer_get_by_id() before taking ovpn-\u003elock. In the window between\nthe lookup (which only takes a refcount) and the subsequent\nspin_lock_bh(&ovpn-\u003elock), a concurrent OVPN_CMD_PEER_DEL, keepalive\nexpiry, or socket teardown can take ovpn-\u003elock first, run\novpn_peer_remove() to unhash the peer from all four tables (by_id,\nby_vpn_addr4/6, by_transp_addr) and release the lock. set_doit then\nacquires ovpn-\u003elock and calls ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip(), which\nre-inserts the now-removed peer back into the rehashing tables.\n\nThe same race affects the float path: ovpn_peer_endpoints_update()\nholds only a refcount and acquires ovpn-\u003elock very late (after async\nAEAD decrypt and a netlink notification), then rehashes the peer\nin the by_transp_addr table.\n\nThe resurrected peer becomes reachable again from the RX lookup\n(ovpn_peer_get_by_transp_addr) and the TX VPN-IP lookup, even though\nuserspace believes it is gone. Once the data-path refcount drops the\npeer is freed via call_rcu while the hash entries embedded in it\nremain linked, opening a UAF window.\n\nBail out of the rehash when hash_entry_id is unhashed, mirroring\nthe sentinel already used by ovpn_peer_remove() to detect the\nalready-removed state. The check is safe under ovpn-\u003elock, which\nserializes every mutation of hash_entry_id, and is a no-op for the\nadd path because ovpn_peer_add_mp() inserts hash_entry_id before\ncalling ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip().","modified":"2026-08-23T03:53:41.229666006Z","published":"2026-08-22T15:33:17.773Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74727.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33ec10567fe14456063daf549fdf1a4f53448e4c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66745480298775f188b2f5ad266643e85a90f73b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d20c181088984b6eaa8d7fe7cb5ab3510988df59"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74727.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74727"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"1d36a36f6d5347360ef9681a05f6166683bafd1d"},{"fixed":"d20c181088984b6eaa8d7fe7cb5ab3510988df59"},{"fixed":"66745480298775f188b2f5ad266643e85a90f73b"},{"fixed":"33ec10567fe14456063daf549fdf1a4f53448e4c"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74727.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.45"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.1.9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74727.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}