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

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Message-ID: <aYYwvGbStTFvof4E@eldamar.lan>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 19:19:40 +0100
From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...nvpn.net>
Cc: Jon Penn <jpenn@...tonvillek12.org>,
	Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>, 1126499@...s.debian.org,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug#1126499: linux-image-6.17.13+deb14-amd64: ovpn NULL pointer
 dereference and lockup under heavy load

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?

Regards,
Salvatore