CVE-2026-45929

ovpn: fix possible use-after-free in ovpn_net_xmit

High · published May 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ovpn: fix possible use-after-free in ovpn_net_xmit

When building the skb_list in ovpn_net_xmit, skb_share_check will free

the original skb if it is shared. The current implementation continues

to use the stale skb pointer for subsequent operations:

- peer lookup,

- skb_dst_drop (even though all segments produced by skb_gso_segment

will have a dst attached),

- ovpn_peer_stats_increment_tx.

Fix this by moving the peer lookup and skb_dst_drop before segmentation

so that the original skb is still valid when used. Return early if all

segments fail skb_share_check and the list ends up empty.

Also switch ovpn_peer_stats_increment_tx to use skb_list.next; the next

patch fixes the stats logic.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.9th percentile
Published
2026-05-27T12:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAY 12:17Z
    ovpn: fix possible use-after-free in ovpn_net_xmit
    cvelistv5