CVE-2026-31579
wireguard: device: use exit_rtnl callback instead of manual rtnl_lock in pre_exit
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: device: use exit_rtnl callback instead of manual rtnl_lock in pre_exit wg_netns_pre_exit() manually acquires rtnl_lock() inside the pernet .pre_exit callback. This causes a hung task when another thread holds rtnl_mutex - the cleanup_net workqueue (or the setup_net failure rollback path) blocks indefinitely in wg_netns_pre_exit() waiting to acquire the lock. Convert to .exit_rtnl, introduced in commit 7a60d91c690b ("net: Add ->exit_rtnl() hook to struct pernet_operations."), where the framework already holds RTNL and batches all callbacks under a single rtnl_lock()/rtnl_unlock() pair, eliminating the contention window. The rcu_assign_pointer(wg->creating_net, NULL) is safe to move from .pre_exit to .exit_rtnl (which runs after synchronize_rcu()) because all RCU readers of creating_net either use maybe_get_net() - which returns NULL for a dying namespace with zero refcount - or access net->user_ns which remains valid throughout the entire ops_undo_list sequence. [ Jason: added __net_exit and __read_mostly annotations that were missing. ]
Fixes and workarounds
No remediation reported in collected sources.
Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Versions | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux |
≥ 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0; < 707607db2193591b68c0e70f814133472c185b1e (affected, git) ≥ 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0; < 9a9e69155b2091b8297afaf1533b8d68a3096841 (affected, git) ≥ 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0; < 1c52ef00e391144334f10995985c2f256d4be982 (affected, git) ≥ 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0; < a1d0f6cbb962af29586e3e65a4bced1a5e39221f (affected, git) ≥ 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0; < 60a25ef8dacb3566b1a8c4de00572a498e2a3bf9 (affected, git) 363cc6efdbb54bb06cd5034a69b41aae974a736f (affected, git) ≥ 5.7.7; < 5.8 (affected, semver) Other versions: unaffected |
CNA: Linux |
| Linux Linux |
5.8 (affected) ≥ 0; < 5.8 (unaffected, semver) ≥ 6.12.114; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver) ≥ 6.18.24; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver) ≥ 6.19.14; ≤ 6.19.* (unaffected, semver) ≥ 7.0.1; ≤ 7.0.* (unaffected, semver) ≥ 7.1; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix) Other versions: affected |
CNA: Linux |
Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.
CVSS assessments
No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.
Exploit evidence
No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/707607db2193591b68c0e70f814133472c185b1eCNA: Linux
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9e69155b2091b8297afaf1533b8d68a3096841CNA: Linux
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c52ef00e391144334f10995985c2f256d4be982CNA: Linux
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1d0f6cbb962af29586e3e65a4bced1a5e39221fCNA: Linux
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a25ef8dacb3566b1a8c4de00572a498e2a3bf9CNA: Linux
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