CVE-2026-80520

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: fix NULL dereference when killing missing key ovpn_crypto_kill_key assumes both crypto slots are populated and dereferences each slot before checking it. That is not guaranteed: a peer can have only one installed key, and the kill path may be asked to remove a key that is not present. Read each slot once while holding the crypto state lock, check for NULL before looking at key_id, and only replace the slot that actually matches.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acf32a5dff082044cf0fd9492f3c10b7357c15ee

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a47a080d06ee9d94dc6a2da0fc2b9beeeedb92b3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41d44ac7a61e2f74453af40d4fe1b82af9ea0ada

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-26

Updated: 2026-08-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00432