CVE-2026-80735 (GCVE-0-2026-80735)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-03 08:21 – Updated: 2026-09-04 04:58
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Title
ovpn: ensure socket is owned by ovpn before deref sk_user_data
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: ensure socket is owned by ovpn before deref sk_user_data Some subsystems, like BPF SOCKMAP, set sk_user_data without actually setting the encap_type. For this reason, we must make sure that the type is the one ovpn expects before dereferencing sk_user_data. Failing to do so may lead to out-of-bounds reads.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: f6226ae7a0cd47aaa9175aca6a1e19600f884cbf , < 61fb3cca40ff938671474f4a16adb908c19032d7 (git)
Affected: f6226ae7a0cd47aaa9175aca6a1e19600f884cbf , < 43a31142e1d22b3cf5490bd94a94db7196901734 (git)
Affected: f6226ae7a0cd47aaa9175aca6a1e19600f884cbf , < 59aed1eb60d70678a53acccb0cb337a26ce6680e (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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