Linux Open vSwitch 2026-47916db6c7 RCU Race Condition Fix

A proposed patch fixes a bug in Open vSwitch, a virtual network switch with an in-kernel Linux packet-processing path. An ordering race can free a flow-table mask array while packet processing still reads it. The report includes a Kernel Address Sanitizer, or KASAN, trace, and the author says the crash reproduces in about one minute on a two-vCPU guest.LinuxSecurity – Security ArticlesRead More