wireguard: device: use exit_rtnl callback instead of manual rtnl_lock in pre_exit

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-31579
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-24 15:16:32 UTC
Updated2026-04-27 20:43:29 UTC
DescriptionIn 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. ]

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.000180000 probability, percentile 0.046080000 (date 2026-04-27)

Problem Types: CWE-476

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0 9a9e69155b2091b8297afaf1533b8d68a3096841 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0 1c52ef00e391144334f10995985c2f256d4be982 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0 a1d0f6cbb962af29586e3e65a4bced1a5e39221f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 900575aa33a3eaaef802b31de187a85c4a4b4bd0 60a25ef8dacb3566b1a8c4de00572a498e2a3bf9 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 363cc6efdbb54bb06cd5034a69b41aae974a736f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.8 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.8 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.24 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.19.14 6.19.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0.1 7.0.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c52ef00e391144334f10995985c2f256d4be982 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/60a25ef8dacb3566b1a8c4de00572a498e2a3bf9 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1d0f6cbb962af29586e3e65a4bced1a5e39221f 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9e69155b2091b8297afaf1533b8d68a3096841 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org Patch
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