CVE-2026-31678

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.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-367, CWE-362

Published

2026-04-25

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42f0d3d81209654c08ffdde5a34b9b92d2645896
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6931d21f87bc6d657f145798fad0bf077b82486c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98b726ab5e2a4811e27c28e4d041f75bba147eab
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d56aced21fb9c104e8a3f3be9b21fbafe448ffc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8c56a3fc5d879c0928f207a756b0f067f06c6a8

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