Re: Bug#1126499: linux-image-6.17.13+deb14-amd64: ovpn NULL pointer dereference and lockup under heavy load

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Jon,

On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 09:06:35PM +0100, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> Hi Salvatore,
> 
> On 06/02/2026 19:19, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Hi Antonio,
> > 
> > On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 09:26:16AM +0100, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> > > On 01/02/2026 17:23, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > > > Control: forwarded -1 https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/176996279620.3109699.15382994681575380467@eldamar.lan
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Antonio and all,
> > > > 
> > > > In Debian we got the following report from Jon Penn using ovpn,
> > > > reported at https://bugs.debian.org/1126499
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Thanks a lot for the report!
> > > We have a fix for this issue in our pipe already - I'll forward it to net
> > > ASAP.
> > 
> > Do you have patch already which you would appreciate if Jon Penn could
> > test and maybe add a Tested-by or is that not needed at this point as
> > things setting already?
> 
> 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?

Regards,
Salvatore