Bug 2541280 (CVE-2026-98074) - CVE-2026-98074 kernel: bonding: do not clear curr_active_slave prematurely when releasing all slaves
Summary: CVE-2026-98074 kernel: bonding: do not clear curr_active_slave prematurely wh...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98074
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:14 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 01:19 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:14:22 UTC
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).


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