bonding: do not clear curr_active_slave prematurely when releasing all slaves
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98074
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vrv6-53xj-7g2r
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@384739c631aa6749356ba062d6b7c9a484a733f6, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +5 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 4 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1ded242135071769902778dbab081e3fc09730f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e39b203ec9e73852098d41b26386172d51babeb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/384739c631aa6749356ba062d6b7c9a484a733f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b435c69a30b40efc642de98b9bfa95fcf2ad4f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6ef22e79c2be3612868daede0e9a84f05439d9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ba7ecfade159b3702c78a360fd7d971e2b7109
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d0ee411d5437f3d126ea6979acb83a8da29dc81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af602c7aa5fedc9be3043244017aef4f26c96b70
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98074 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98074 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vrv6-53xj-7g2r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98074 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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