bonding: do not clear curr_active_slave prematurely when releasing all slaves (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-98074
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Undergoing Analysis

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: do not clear curr_active_slave prematurely when releasing all slaves When releasing all slaves during bond destruction (all == true), __bond_release_one() unconditionally clears bond->curr_active_slave to NULL in every iteration. If a backup slave is released before the active slave, bond_alb_deinit_slave() triggers rlb_teach_disabled_mac_on_primary(), which increments the active slave dev promiscuity counter and sets bond_info->primary_is_promisc = 1. Because bond->curr_active_slave was prematurely cleared to NULL when releasing the backup slave, the subsequent iteration releasing the active slave evaluates oldcurrent as NULL, so bond_change_active_slave(bond, NULL) is skipped. Consequently, bond_alb_handle_active_change() is never called to decrement the promiscuity counter, permanently leaking promiscuous mode on the physical device after bond teardown. When oldcurrent == slave, bond_change_active_slave(bond, NULL) already sets bond->curr_active_slave to NULL. We only need to avoid selecting a new active slave when all == true. Replace the if (all) branch with if (!all && oldcurrent == slave).

References

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 0896341a44bf04bf6149d9307fe4686006f3eee1 < b1ded242135071769902778dbab081e3fc09730f ; affected 0896341a44bf04bf6149d9307fe4686006f3eee1 < e39b203ec9e73852098d41b26386172d51babeb9 ; affected 0896341a44bf04bf6149d9307fe4686006f3eee1 < 384739c631aa6749356ba062d6b7c9a484a733f6 ; affected 0896341a44bf04bf6149d9307fe4686006f3eee1 < 7b435c69a30b40efc642de98b9bfa95fcf2ad4f0 ; affected 0896341a44bf04bf6149d9307fe4686006f3eee1 < d6ef22e79c2be3612868daede0e9a84f05439d9e ; affected 0896341a44bf04bf6149d9307fe4686006f3eee1 < 19ba7ecfade159b3702c78a360fd7d971e2b7109
Linux · Linuxaffected 3.9 ; unaffected 0 < 3.9 ; unaffected 5.10.271 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.222 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.189 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.158 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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