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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2026-23099 json

bonding: limit BOND_MODE_8023AD to Ethernet devices

published 2026-02-04 9 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2026-5443

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bonding: limit BOND_MODE_8023AD to Ethernet devices

BOND_MODE_8023AD makes sense for ARPHRD_ETHER only.

syzbot reported:

BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in __hw_addr_create net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:63 [inline] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in __hw_addr_add_ex+0x25d/0x760 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:118 Read of size 16 at addr ffffffff8bf94040 by task syz.1.3580/19497

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 19497 Comm: syz.1.3580 Tainted: G L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:-1 [inline] kasan_check_range+0x2b0/0x2c0 mm/kasan/generic.c:200 __asan_memcpy+0x29/0x70 mm/kasan/shadow.c:105 __hw_addr_create net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:63 [inline] __hw_addr_add_ex+0x25d/0x760 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:118 __dev_mc_add net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:868 [inline] dev_mc_add+0xa1/0x120 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c:886 bond_enslave+0x2b8b/0x3ac0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:2180 do_set_master+0x533/0x6d0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:2963 do_setlink+0xcf0/0x41c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3165 rtnl_changelink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3776 [inline] __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3935 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x161c/0x1c90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4072 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7cf/0xb70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958 netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x82f/0x9e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:742 ____sys_sendmsg+0x505/0x820 net/socket.c:2592 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2646 __sys_sendmsg+0x164/0x220 net/socket.c:2678 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0x1dc/0x560 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:307 do_fast_syscall_32+0x34/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:332 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e </TASK>

The buggy address belongs to the variable: lacpdu_mcast_addr+0x0/0x40

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.259, 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8, 6.19
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.162-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.69-1
  • linux Debian 14 6.18.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23099

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-176.186
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-117.117
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1105.112
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1055.58
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1105.114
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1058.61
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1101.107
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1054.60

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23099

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
  • kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1SUSE-SU-2026:1078-1SUSE-SU-2026:20873-1SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.126.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-77322

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-23099 updated cvss 4.4

kernel: bonding: limit BOND_MODE_8023AD to Ethernet devices

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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