GHSA-WQJ5-2HRG-W494

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-24 15:32 – Updated: 2026-04-24 15:32
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: bonding: fix NULL deref in bond_debug_rlb_hash_show

rlb_clear_slave intentionally keeps RLB hash-table entries on the rx_hashtbl_used_head list with slave set to NULL when no replacement slave is available. However, bond_debug_rlb_hash_show visites client_info->slave without checking if it's NULL.

Other used-list iterators in bond_alb.c already handle this NULL-slave state safely:

  • rlb_update_client returns early on !client_info->slave
  • rlb_req_update_slave_clients, rlb_clear_slave, and rlb_rebalance compare slave values before visiting
  • lb_req_update_subnet_clients continues if slave is NULL

The following NULL deref crash can be trigger in bond_debug_rlb_hash_show:

[ 1.289791] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ 1.292058] RIP: 0010:bond_debug_rlb_hash_show (drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c:41) [ 1.293101] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004a7d00 EFLAGS: 00010286 [ 1.293333] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888102b48200 RCX: ffff888102b48204 [ 1.293631] RDX: ffff888102b48200 RSI: ffffffff839daad5 RDI: ffff888102815078 [ 1.293924] RBP: ffff888102815078 R08: ffff888102b4820e R09: 0000000000000000 [ 1.294267] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888100f929c0 [ 1.294564] R13: ffff888100f92a00 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffc900004a7ed8 [ 1.294864] FS: 0000000001395380(0000) GS:ffff888196e75000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1.295239] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1.295480] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000102adc004 CR4: 0000000000772ef0 [ 1.295897] Call Trace: [ 1.296134] seq_read_iter (fs/seq_file.c:231) [ 1.296341] seq_read (fs/seq_file.c:164) [ 1.296493] full_proxy_read (fs/debugfs/file.c:378 (discriminator 1)) [ 1.296658] vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:572) [ 1.296981] ksys_read (fs/read_write.c:717) [ 1.297132] do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1)) [ 1.297325] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

Add a NULL check and print "(none)" for entries with no assigned slave.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-31546"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-24T15:16:28Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bonding: fix NULL deref in bond_debug_rlb_hash_show\n\nrlb_clear_slave intentionally keeps RLB hash-table entries on\nthe rx_hashtbl_used_head list with slave set to NULL when no\nreplacement slave is available. However, bond_debug_rlb_hash_show\nvisites client_info-\u003eslave without checking if it\u0027s NULL.\n\nOther used-list iterators in bond_alb.c already handle this NULL-slave\nstate safely:\n\n- rlb_update_client returns early on !client_info-\u003eslave\n- rlb_req_update_slave_clients, rlb_clear_slave, and rlb_rebalance\ncompare slave values before visiting\n- lb_req_update_subnet_clients continues if slave is NULL\n\nThe following NULL deref crash can be trigger in\nbond_debug_rlb_hash_show:\n\n[    1.289791] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n[    1.292058] RIP: 0010:bond_debug_rlb_hash_show (drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c:41)\n[    1.293101] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004a7d00 EFLAGS: 00010286\n[    1.293333] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888102b48200 RCX: ffff888102b48204\n[    1.293631] RDX: ffff888102b48200 RSI: ffffffff839daad5 RDI: ffff888102815078\n[    1.293924] RBP: ffff888102815078 R08: ffff888102b4820e R09: 0000000000000000\n[    1.294267] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888100f929c0\n[    1.294564] R13: ffff888100f92a00 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffc900004a7ed8\n[    1.294864] FS:  0000000001395380(0000) GS:ffff888196e75000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[    1.295239] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[    1.295480] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000102adc004 CR4: 0000000000772ef0\n[    1.295897] Call Trace:\n[    1.296134]  seq_read_iter (fs/seq_file.c:231)\n[    1.296341]  seq_read (fs/seq_file.c:164)\n[    1.296493]  full_proxy_read (fs/debugfs/file.c:378 (discriminator 1))\n[    1.296658]  vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:572)\n[    1.296981]  ksys_read (fs/read_write.c:717)\n[    1.297132]  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1))\n[    1.297325]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\nAdd a NULL check and print \"(none)\" for entries with no assigned slave.",
  "id": "GHSA-wqj5-2hrg-w494",
  "modified": "2026-04-24T15:32:33Z",
  "published": "2026-04-24T15:32:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31546"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/017d674cf6930e9586a29ee808c7ca09d1396d07"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3f8cd3f370247ded14d38d216b49dd30eade76"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19f0fd87df0e5746b24f5caa465a66a8c6e6e241"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ec2c777f357a83c3d503d8d9370c90b60f0ae63"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/605b52497bf89b3b154674deb135da98f916e390"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a3bb74e25d79cbb15f67ef80f71e2b2bfe27ff4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec9762f0df2f9fbe3f40a3bfa8aab8b2f721466c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edacf1613f7b26423ebfa8b2892e7453c4235354"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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