CVE-2026-64044 ovpn: respect peer refcount in CMD_NEW_PEER error path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: respect peer refcount in CMDNEWPEER error path ovpnnlpeernewdoit's error path calls ovpnpeerrelease directly rather than ovpnpeerput, bypassing the kref. The accompanying comment "peer was not yet hashed, thus it is not use...

PT-2026-61361

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the OpenVPN implementation where the ovpn nl peer new doit function error path calls ovpn peer release directly instead of using ovpn peer put. This bypasses the kref...