kernel: net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes The patch cited in the Fixes tag below changed the teardown code for OVS ports to no longer unconditionally take the RTNL. After this change, the netdevdestroy...

kernel: net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes The patch cited in the Fixes tag below changed the teardown code for OVS ports to no longer unconditionally take the RTNL. After this change, the netdevdestroy...

CVE-2026-31508

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes The patch cited in the Fixes tag below changed the teardown code for OVS ports to no longer unconditionally take the RTNL. After this change, the netdevdestroy...

CVE-2026-31508

The CVE-2026-31508 issue affects the Linux kernel in the Open vSwitch teardown path. The root cause is that after a patch, the teardown code for OVS ports no longer unconditionally takes the RTNL, allowing netdev_destroy() to finish and free the netdev before unregistration completes if the IFF_O...