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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ralf Lici References: <4be2e796-77ba-4864-a288-e6edf3b7de12@bentonvillek12.org> <176996279620.3109699.15382994681575380467@eldamar.lan> <9d240ea8-7e55-4be2-b99b-3f2657c5f8c8@openvpn.net> Content-Language: en-US From: Antonio Quartulli Autocrypt: addr=antonio@openvpn.net; keydata= xsFNBFN3k+ABEADEvXdJZVUfqxGOKByfkExNpKzFzAwHYjhOb3MTlzSLlVKLRIHxe/Etj13I X6tcViNYiIiJxmeHAH7FUj/yAISW56lynAEt7OdkGpZf3HGXRQz1Xi0PWuUINa4QW+ipaKmv voR4b1wZQ9cZ787KLmu10VF1duHW/IewDx9GUQIzChqQVI3lSHRCo90Z/NQ75ZL/rbR3UHB+ EWLIh8Lz1cdE47VaVyX6f0yr3Itx0ZuyIWPrctlHwV5bUdA4JnyY3QvJh4yJPYh9I69HZWsj qplU2WxEfM6+OlaM9iKOUhVxjpkFXheD57EGdVkuG0YhizVF4p9MKGB42D70pfS3EiYdTaKf WzbiFUunOHLJ4hyAi75d4ugxU02DsUjw/0t0kfHtj2V0x1169Hp/NTW1jkqgPWtIsjn+dkde dG9mXk5QrvbpihgpcmNbtloSdkRZ02lsxkUzpG8U64X8WK6LuRz7BZ7p5t/WzaR/hCdOiQCG RNup2UTNDrZpWxpwadXMnJsyJcVX4BAKaWGsm5IQyXXBUdguHVa7To/JIBlhjlKackKWoBnI Ojl8VQhVLcD551iJ61w4aQH6bHxdTjz65MT2OrW/mFZbtIwWSeif6axrYpVCyERIDEKrX5AV rOmGEaUGsCd16FueoaM2Hf96BH3SI3/q2w+g058RedLOZVZtyQARAQABzSdBbnRvbmlvIFF1 YXJ0dWxsaSA8YW50b25pb0BvcGVudnBuLm5ldD7Cwa0EEwEIAFcCGwMFCwkIBwMFFQoJCAsF FgIDAQACHgECF4AYGGhrcHM6Ly9rZXlzLm9wZW5wZ3Aub3JnFiEEyr2hKCAXwmchmIXHSPDM to9Z0UwFAmj3PEoFCShLq0sACgkQSPDMto9Z0Uw7/BAAtMIP/wzpiYn+Di0TWwNAEqDUcGnv JQ0CrFu8WzdtNo1TvEh5oqSLyO0xWaiGeDcC5bQOAAumN+0Aa8NPqhCH5O0eKslzP69cz247 4Yfx/lpNejqDaeu0Gh3kybbT84M+yFJWwbjeT9zPwfSDyoyDfBHbSb46FGoTqXR+YBp9t/CV MuXryL/vn+RmH/R8+s1T/wF2cXpQr3uXuV3e0ccKw33CugxQJsS4pqbaCmYKilLmwNBSHNrD 77BnGkml15Hd6XFFvbmxIAJVnH9ZceLln1DpjVvg5pg4BRPeWiZwf5/7UwOw+tksSIoNllUH 4z/VgsIcRw/5QyjVpUQLPY5kdr57ywieSh0agJ160fP8s/okUqqn6UQV5fE8/HBIloIbf7yW LDE5mYqmcxDzTUqdstKZzIi91QRVLgXgoi7WOeLF2WjITCWd1YcrmX/SEPnOWkK0oNr5ykb0 4XuLLzK9l9MzFkwTOwOWiQNFcxXZ9CdW2sC7G+uxhQ+x8AQW+WoLkKJF2vbREMjLqctPU1A4 557A9xZBI2xg0xWVaaOWr4eyd4vpfKY3VFlxLT7zMy/IKtsm6N01ekXwui1Zb9oWtsP3OaRx gZ5bmW8qwhk5XnNgbSfjehOO7EphsyCBgKkQZtjFyQqQZaDdQ+GTo1t6xnfBB6/TwS7pNpf2 ZvLulFbOOARoRsrsEgorBgEEAZdVAQUBAQdAyD3gsxqcxX256G9lLJ+NFhi7BQpchUat6mSA Pb+1yCQDAQgHwsF8BBgBCAAmFiEEyr2hKCAXwmchmIXHSPDMto9Z0UwFAmhGyuwCGwwFCQHh M4AACgkQSPDMto9Z0UwymQ//Z1tIZaaJM7CH8npDlnbzrI938cE0Ry5acrw2EWd0aGGUaW+L +lu6N1kTOVZiU6rnkjib+9FXwW1LhAUiLYYn2OlVpVT1kBSniR00L3oE62UpFgZbD3hr5S/i o4+ZB8fffAfD6llKxbRWNED9UrfiVh02EgYYS2Jmy+V4BT8+KJGyxNFv0LFSJjwb8zQZ5vVZ 5FPYsSQ5JQdAzYNmA99cbLlNpyHbzbHr2bXr4t8b/ri04Swn+Kzpo+811W/rkq/mI1v+yM/6 o7+0586l1MQ9m0LMj6vLXrBDN0ioGa1/97GhP8LtLE4Hlh+S8jPSDn+8BkSB4+4IpijQKtrA qVTaiP4v3Y6faqJArPch5FHKgu+rn7bMqoipKjVzKGUXroGoUHwjzeaOnnnwYMvkDIwHiAW6 XgzE5ZREn2ffEsSnVPzA4QkjP+QX/5RZoH1983gb7eOXbP/KQhiH6SO1UBAmgPKSKQGRAYYt cJX1bHWYQHTtefBGoKrbkzksL5ZvTdNRcC44/Z5u4yhNmAsq4K6wDQu0JbADv69J56jPaCM+ gg9NWuSR3XNVOui/0JRVx4qd3SnsnwsuF5xy+fD0ocYBLuksVmHa4FsJq9113Or2fM+10t1m yBIZwIDEBLu9zxGUYLenla/gHde+UnSs+mycN0sya9ahOBTG/57k7w/aQLc= Organization: OpenVPN Inc. In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, On 12/02/2026 21:27, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: [...] >> This is the patch: >> >> https://patchwork.openvpn.net/project/openvpn2/patch/20260202132309.567382-1-ralf@mandelbit.com/ >> >> Jon can definitely test the patch and give us his feedback. >> >> However, being this part of the code very critical for socket handling, I am >> still spending some time with Ralf and Sabrina to make sure we are not >> introducing any subtle bug/side effect. >> >> In any case, please feel free to test so we can confirm that the problem you >> reported is truly the same as the one we were already investigating. > > Jon, were you able to test the patch referenced above by Antonio and > can you so confirm it fixes the issue for you as well? Unfortunately further review highlighted risk for a critical race condition. Hence this patch, despite fixing the reported NULL derefs, cannot be submitted as is. I am working on a new patch which I should be able to send to netdev for review in one or two days. Will report it here as soon as it's submitted. Thank you. Regards, -- Antonio Quartulli OpenVPN Inc.