CVE-2026-80753

ovpn: run deferred work on a module-owned workqueue

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 3, 2026 at 08:26 AM UTC
Updated: September 7, 2026 at 04:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: run deferred work on a module-owned workqueue ovpn queues several work items whose callbacks execute module text. These works currently run on the global system workqueues, so module exit has no driver-owned drain point that guarantees the callbacks have fully returned before the module text can be freed. Object references protect the objects used by the callbacks, but they do not prove that a workqueue function has returned. In particular, a worker can drop the final reference that unblocks device teardown while it is still executing ovpn code. Add a module-owned workqueue and queue all ovpn work items on it. During module exit, unregister rtnl and netlink first, flush the workqueue so ordinary ovpn workers finish, run the final RCU barrier, and destroy the workqueue last. This keeps the workqueue available for cleanup work queued from RCU callbacks, while ensuring no ovpn work item can outlive the module text. The per-device delayed keepalive work remains explicitly disabled during netdev teardown (disable_delayed_work_sync in ndo_uninit), since flush_workqueue does not flush delayed work that is still only pending on its timer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.16 ≤ v < 6.18.506.16 ≤ v < 7.1.106.16 ≤ v < 7.211851cbd60ea1e5abbd97619d69845ead99303d66.16
Vendor states this is fixed in b5fe67111e63a8a81ec31056c4475509076fd266 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bbe81f40582d451ac849b20707784220f33a23bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e9714db8041763f59dde152c812b96b3de05c6d9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.4HIGHLinux
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