CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80520

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.43%

36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ovpn driver's ovpn_crypto_kill_key function assumes both crypto slots are populated and dereferences each slot before checking it. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference when a peer has only one key or when the key to be removed is not present.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could cause a system crash or malfunction of cryptographic functions, potentially compromising confidentiality or availability.

Recommendation

Install the Linux kernel patch that adds NULL checks before accessing slots and only replaces the matching slot.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS