Bug 2555207 (CVE-2026-98807) - CVE-2026-98807 kernel: net/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds when handling team device events
Summary: CVE-2026-98807 kernel: net/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds when handling team de...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98807
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-18 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-23 16:47 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 16:01:55 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds when handling team device events

The mlx5_handle_changeupper_event() and mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event()
functions check for LAG masters (which includes both bonding and team
devices) but only call bonding-specific APIs. When processing team device
events, calling bond_slave_get_rcu() and bond_is_slave_inactive() on
team_port structures causes KASAN to detect an out-of-bounds memory access
since team_port is smaller than bond slave.

Fix this by wrapping the bond-specific API calls with a check for bonding
devices. This allows the function to still process LAG events for both
bonding and teams but only calls bond-specific functions when dealing with
actual bonding devices.

For mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event(), keep the explicit bond check as
mlx5 doesn't handle state information for team ports anyway.

Tested with Mellanox ConnectX-5 on Linux 7.2.0-rc6:
- Bonding: PASS (no regressions)
- Team device: PASS (no KASAN errors)


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