TI-2026-64487 Aliases CVE-2026-98089 GHSA-3x47-v429-xjvw

bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()

LOW 22Published 2026-09-25 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

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Confidentiality · integrity · availability: —
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 5 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: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd() alb_determine_nd() uses icmp6_hdr(skb) to inspect ICMPv6 headers. However, in xmit paths (e.g. packets sent via AF_PACKET / raw sockets or forwarded packets), skb->transport_header is not guaranteed to be initialized. While pskb_network_may_pull() ensures the packet data is linear starting from the network header, it does not set or adjust the transport header offset. Dereferencing icmp6_hdr(skb) can therefore access out-of-bounds memory. Fetch the icmp6hdr directly after ipv6hdr following pskb_network_may_pull(), and reload ipv6hdr in case pskb_may_pull() reallocated skb->head. Also remove the unused bond argument from alb_determine_nd().

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00173 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 +3Red Hat: 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	5.18 and later	6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.18 and later Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	—	—	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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 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

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98089
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3x47-v429-xjvw
2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@7adb1bf25b0c5cedfb49b6e82844394d4f3c0d99 +1 · CNA
2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
2026-11-01 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

Other 6

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TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4

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Sources

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