{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-31508", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-03-09T15:48:24.106Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-22T13:54:26.599Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-22T13:54:26.599Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-04-22T13:54:26.599Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes\n\nThe patch cited in the Fixes tag below changed the teardown code for\nOVS ports to no longer unconditionally take the RTNL. After this change,\nthe netdev_destroy() callback can proceed immediately to the call_rcu()\ninvocation if the IFF_OVS_DATAPATH flag is already cleared on the\nnetdev.\n\nThe ovs_netdev_detach_dev() function clears the flag before completing\nthe unregistration, and if it gets preempted after clearing the flag (as\ncan happen on an -rt kernel), netdev_destroy() can complete and the\ndevice can be freed before the unregistration completes. This leads to a\nsplat like:\n\n[ 998.393867] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xff00000001000239: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\n[ 998.393877] CPU: 42 UID: 0 PID: 55177 Comm: ip Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-211.1.1.el10_2.x86_64+rt #1 PREEMPT_RT\n[ 998.393886] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/0JMK61, BIOS 2.24.0 03/27/2025\n[ 998.393889] RIP: 0010:dev_set_promiscuity+0x8d/0xa0\n[ 998.393901] Code: 00 00 75 d8 48 8b 53 08 48 83 ba b0 02 00 00 00 75 ca 48 83 c4 08 5b c3 cc cc cc cc 48 83 bf 48 09 00 00 00 75 91 48 8b 47 08 <48> 83 b8 b0 02 00 00 00 74 97 eb 81 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90\n[ 998.393906] RSP: 0018:ffffce5864a5f6a0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[ 998.393912] RAX: ff00000000ffff89 RBX: ffff894d0adf5a05 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[ 998.393917] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffffff RDI: ffff894d0adf5a05\n[ 998.393921] RBP: ffff894d19252000 R08: ffff894d19252000 R09: 0000000000000000\n[ 998.393924] R10: ffff894d19252000 R11: ffff894d192521b8 R12: 0000000000000006\n[ 998.393927] R13: ffffce5864a5f738 R14: 00000000ffffffe2 R15: 0000000000000000\n[ 998.393931] FS: 00007fad61971800(0000) GS:ffff894cc0140000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 998.393936] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 998.393940] CR2: 000055df0a2a6e40 CR3: 000000011c7fe003 CR4: 00000000007726f0\n[ 998.393944] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 998.393946] Call Trace:\n[ 998.393949] <TASK>\n[ 998.393952] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0\n[ 998.393961] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0\n[ 998.393975] ? dp_device_event+0x41/0x80 [openvswitch]\n[ 998.394009] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0x12\n[ 998.394016] ? die_addr+0x3c/0x60\n[ 998.394027] ? exc_general_protection+0x16d/0x390\n[ 998.394042] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30\n[ 998.394058] ? dev_set_promiscuity+0x8d/0xa0\n[ 998.394066] ? ovs_netdev_detach_dev+0x3a/0x80 [openvswitch]\n[ 998.394092] dp_device_event+0x41/0x80 [openvswitch]\n[ 998.394102] notifier_call_chain+0x5a/0xd0\n[ 998.394106] unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x51b/0xa60\n[ 998.394110] rtnl_dellink+0x169/0x3e0\n[ 998.394121] ? rt_mutex_slowlock.constprop.0+0x95/0xd0\n[ 998.394125] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x142/0x3f0\n[ 998.394128] ? avc_has_perm_noaudit+0x69/0xf0\n[ 998.394130] ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\n[ 998.394132] netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100\n[ 998.394138] netlink_unicast+0x292/0x3f0\n[ 998.394141] netlink_sendmsg+0x21b/0x470\n[ 998.394145] ____sys_sendmsg+0x39d/0x3d0\n[ 998.394149] ___sys_sendmsg+0x9a/0xe0\n[ 998.394156] __sys_sendmsg+0x7a/0xd0\n[ 998.394160] do_syscall_64+0x7f/0x170\n[ 998.394162] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n[ 998.394165] RIP: 0033:0x7fad61bf4724\n[ 998.394188] Code: 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb bb 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d c5 e9 0c 00 00 74 13 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89\n[ 998.394189] RSP: 002b:00007ffd7e2f7cb8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e\n[ 998.394191] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007fad61bf4724\n[ 998.394193] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffd7e2f7d20 RDI: 0000000000000003\n[ 998.394194] RBP: 00007ffd7e2f7d90 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 000000000000003f\n[ 998.394195] R10: 000055df11558010 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffd7e2\n---truncated---"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c"], "versions": [{"version": "b823c3344d5446b720227ba561df10a4f0add515", "lessThan": "df3c95be76103604e752131d9495a24814915ece", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "052e5db5be4576e0a8ef1460b210da5f328f4cd1", "lessThan": "33609454be4f582e686a4bf13d4482a5ca0f6c4b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "c98263d5ace597c096a7a60aeef790da7b54979e", "lessThan": "5fdeaf591a0942772c2d18ff3563697a49ad01c6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "0fc642f011cb7a7eff41109e66d3b552e9f4d795", "lessThan": "4c3e25a7b711a402fcbbbcfbbdf2868ece1ae7c8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5116f61ab11846844585c9082c547c4ccd97ff1a", "lessThan": "43579baa17270aa51f93eb09b6e4af6e047b7f6e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f31557fb1b35332cca9994aa196cef284bcf3807", "lessThan": "95265232b49765a4d00f4d028c100bb7185600f4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5498227676303e3ffa9a3a46214af96bc3e81314", "lessThan": "755a6300afbd743cda4b102f24f343380ec0e0ff", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "5498227676303e3ffa9a3a46214af96bc3e81314", "lessThan": "7c770dadfda5cbbde6aa3c4363ed513f1d212bf8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.19", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.19", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.10.253", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.15.203", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.168", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.131", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.80", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.21", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.10.248", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.253"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15.198", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.203"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.1.160", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.168"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6.120", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.131"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12.64", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.80"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.21"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.11"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": 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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes\n\nThe patch cited in the Fixes tag below changed the teardown code for\nOVS ports to no longer unconditionally take the RTNL. After this change,\nthe netdev_destroy() callback can proceed immediately to the call_rcu()\ninvocation if the IFF_OVS_DATAPATH flag is already cleared on the\nnetdev.\n\nThe ovs_netdev_detach_dev() function clears the flag before completing\nthe unregistration, and if it gets preempted after clearing the flag (as\ncan happen on an -rt kernel), netdev_destroy() can complete and the\ndevice can be freed before the unregistration completes. This leads to a\nsplat like:\n\n[ 998.393867] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xff00000001000239: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\n[ 998.393877] CPU: 42 UID: 0 PID: 55177 Comm: ip Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-211.1.1.el10_2.x86_64+rt #1 PREEMPT_RT\n[ 998.393886] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/0JMK61, BIOS 2.24.0 03/27/2025\n[ 998.393889] RIP: 0010:dev_set_promiscuity+0x8d/0xa0\n[ 998.393901] Code: 00 00 75 d8 48 8b 53 08 48 83 ba b0 02 00 00 00 75 ca 48 83 c4 08 5b c3 cc cc cc cc 48 83 bf 48 09 00 00 00 75 91 48 8b 47 08 <48> 83 b8 b0 02 00 00 00 74 97 eb 81 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90\n[ 998.393906] RSP: 0018:ffffce5864a5f6a0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[ 998.393912] RAX: ff00000000ffff89 RBX: ffff894d0adf5a05 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[ 998.393917] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffffff RDI: ffff894d0adf5a05\n[ 998.393921] RBP: ffff894d19252000 R08: ffff894d19252000 R09: 0000000000000000\n[ 998.393924] R10: ffff894d19252000 R11: ffff894d192521b8 R12: 0000000000000006\n[ 998.393927] R13: ffffce5864a5f738 R14: 00000000ffffffe2 R15: 0000000000000000\n[ 998.393931] FS: 00007fad61971800(0000) GS:ffff894cc0140000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 998.393936] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 998.393940] CR2: 000055df0a2a6e40 CR3: 000000011c7fe003 CR4: 00000000007726f0\n[ 998.393944] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 998.393946] Call Trace:\n[ 998.393949] <TASK>\n[ 998.393952] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0\n[ 998.393961] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0\n[ 998.393975] ? dp_device_event+0x41/0x80 [openvswitch]\n[ 998.394009] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0x12\n[ 998.394016] ? die_addr+0x3c/0x60\n[ 998.394027] ? exc_general_protection+0x16d/0x390\n[ 998.394042] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30\n[ 998.394058] ? dev_set_promiscuity+0x8d/0xa0\n[ 998.394066] ? ovs_netdev_detach_dev+0x3a/0x80 [openvswitch]\n[ 998.394092] dp_device_event+0x41/0x80 [openvswitch]\n[ 998.394102] notifier_call_chain+0x5a/0xd0\n[ 998.394106] unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x51b/0xa60\n[ 998.394110] rtnl_dellink+0x169/0x3e0\n[ 998.394121] ? rt_mutex_slowlock.constprop.0+0x95/0xd0\n[ 998.394125] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x142/0x3f0\n[ 998.394128] ? avc_has_perm_noaudit+0x69/0xf0\n[ 998.394130] ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\n[ 998.394132] netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100\n[ 998.394138] netlink_unicast+0x292/0x3f0\n[ 998.394141] netlink_sendmsg+0x21b/0x470\n[ 998.394145] ____sys_sendmsg+0x39d/0x3d0\n[ 998.394149] ___sys_sendmsg+0x9a/0xe0\n[ 998.394156] __sys_sendmsg+0x7a/0xd0\n[ 998.394160] do_syscall_64+0x7f/0x170\n[ 998.394162] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n[ 998.394165] RIP: 0033:0x7fad61bf4724\n[ 998.394188] Code: 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb bb 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d c5 e9 0c 00 00 74 13 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89\n[ 998.394189] RSP: 002b:00007ffd7e2f7cb8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e\n[ 998.394191] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007fad61bf4724\n[ 998.394193] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffd7e2f7d20 RDI: 0000000000000003\n[ 998.394194] RBP: 00007ffd7e2f7d90 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 000000000000003f\n[ 998.394195] R10: 000055df11558010 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffd7e2\n---truncated---"}], "id": "CVE-2026-31508", "lastModified": "2026-04-22T14:16:49.727", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-04-22T14:16:49.727", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33609454be4f582e686a4bf13d4482a5ca0f6c4b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43579baa17270aa51f93eb09b6e4af6e047b7f6e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c3e25a7b711a402fcbbbcfbbdf2868ece1ae7c8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fdeaf591a0942772c2d18ff3563697a49ad01c6"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/755a6300afbd743cda4b102f24f343380ec0e0ff"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c770dadfda5cbbde6aa3c4363ed513f1d212bf8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95265232b49765a4d00f4d028c100bb7185600f4"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df3c95be76103604e752131d9495a24814915ece"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

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