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CVE-2026-80753— ovpn: run deferred work on a module-owned workqueue

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.16版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ovpn模块将延迟工作提交到全局系统工作队列，导致模块退出时无法保证工作回调在模块文本释放前完成，可能造成释放后重用。

CVSS 8.4 · High EPSS 0.13% · P3

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 11851cbd60ea1e5abbd97619d69845ead99303d6< b5fe67111e63a8a81ec31056c4475509076fd266 affected
11851cbd60ea1e5abbd97619d69845ead99303d6< bbe81f40582d451ac849b20707784220f33a23bd affected
11851cbd60ea1e5abbd97619d69845ead99303d6< e9714db8041763f59dde152c812b96b3de05c6d9 affected
6.16 affected
< 6.16 unaffected
6.18.50≤ 6.18.* unaffected
7.1.10≤ 7.1.* unaffected
7.2≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-80753

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Vulnerability Title
ovpn: run deferred work on a module-owned workqueue
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability 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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.16版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ovpn模块将延迟工作提交到全局系统工作队列，导致模块退出时无法保证工作回调在模块文本释放前完成，可能造成释放后重用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 11851cbd60ea1e5abbd97619d69845ead99303d6 ~ b5fe67111e63a8a81ec31056c4475509076fd266 -
Linux Linux 6.16 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-80753 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-03 · 32 CVEs total

CVE-2026-80726 9.3 CRITICAL KVM: x86/mmu: WARN and clear role.invalid when creating a child shadow page
CVE-2026-80734 8.8 HIGH btrfs: initialize inode mapping flags for cached inodes
CVE-2026-80752 8.4 HIGH Input: psxpad-spi - set driver data before use
CVE-2026-80750 8.4 HIGH pmdomain: mediatek: fix remaining %pOF after of_node_put()
CVE-2026-80745 8.4 HIGH regulator: fp9931: Fix VPOS/VNEG voltage selector table
CVE-2026-80747 8.0 HIGH drm/amdkfd: Add bounds check for CRAT subtype length
CVE-2026-80737 7.8 HIGH serial: amba-pl011: synchronize DMA teardown
CVE-2026-80732 7.8 HIGH ata: pata_sl82c105: fix bridge revision use-after-free
CVE-2026-80731 7.8 HIGH net: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO zero-padding in dev_validate_header
CVE-2026-80736 7.8 HIGH thunderbolt: Fix bandwidth group reservation indexing
CVE-2026-80748 7.8 HIGH mmc: loongson2: Fix sg iteration in data reorder functions
CVE-2026-80751 7.8 HIGH pmdomain: mediatek: mfg: initialize prev_o in mtk_mfg_attach_dev()
CVE-2026-80754 7.8 HIGH Input: synaptics-rmi4 - fix F55 transmitter electrode count typo
CVE-2026-80735 7.3 HIGH ovpn: ensure socket is owned by ovpn before deref sk_user_data
CVE-2026-80738 7.3 HIGH bpf: Check sk_state before sk_protocol in bpf_tcp_*_syncookie
CVE-2026-80749 7.1 HIGH drm/connector/hdmi: Fix out of bounds memory read
CVE-2026-80741 7.1 HIGH drm/log: Fix out-of-bounds read on empty message length
CVE-2026-80727 x86/mce: Set up the polling timer before CMCI discovery
CVE-2026-80740 drm/log: Fix infinite loop when scale is too large for display
CVE-2026-80733 net: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() from sk_mc_loop()

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