CVE-2026-31419

net: bonding: fix use-after-free in bond_xmit_broadcast()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 13, 2026 at 01:40 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:18 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bonding: fix use-after-free in bond_xmit_broadcast() bond_xmit_broadcast() reuses the original skb for the last slave (determined by bond_is_last_slave()) and clones it for others. Concurrent slave enslave/release can mutate the slave list during RCU-protected iteration, changing which slave is "last" mid-loop. This causes the original skb to be double-consumed (double-freed). Replace the racy bond_is_last_slave() check with a simple index comparison (i + 1 == slaves_count) against the pre-snapshot slave count taken via READ_ONCE() before the loop. This preserves the zero-copy optimization for the last slave while making the "last" determination stable against concurrent list mutations. The UAF can trigger the following crash: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_clone Read of size 8 at addr ffff888100ef8d40 by task exploit/147 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 147 Comm: exploit Not tainted 7.0.0-rc3+ #4 PREEMPTLAZY Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123) print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482) kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:597) skb_clone (include/linux/skbuff.h:1724 include/linux/skbuff.h:1792 include/linux/skbuff.h:3396 net/core/skbuff.c:2108) bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5334) bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5567 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5593) dev_hard_start_xmit (include/linux/netdevice.h:5325 include/linux/netdevice.h:5334 net/core/dev.c:3871 net/core/dev.c:3887) __dev_queue_xmit (include/linux/netdevice.h:3601 net/core/dev.c:4838) ip6_finish_output2 (include/net/neighbour.h:540 include/net/neighbour.h:554 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:136) ip6_finish_output (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:208 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:219) ip6_output (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:250) ip6_send_skb (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1985) udp_v6_send_skb (net/ipv6/udp.c:1442) udpv6_sendmsg (net/ipv6/udp.c:1733) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:730 net/socket.c:742 net/socket.c:2206) __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2209) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) </TASK> Allocated by task 147: Freed by task 147: The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888100ef8c80 which belongs to the cache skbuff_head_cache of size 224 The buggy address is located 192 bytes inside of freed 224-byte region [ffff888100ef8c80, ffff888100ef8d60) Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888100ef8c00: fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ffff888100ef8c80: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb >ffff888100ef8d00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc ^ ffff888100ef8d80: fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ffff888100ef8e00: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb ==================================================================

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.10.94 ≤ v < 5.115.15.17 ≤ v < 5.165.16.3 ≤ v < 5.175.17 ≤ v < 6.12.866.13 ≤ v < 6.18.226.19 ≤ v < 6.19.1220949c3816463e97c6f8fe84c0280c7e5ae83a8d4e5bd03ae34652cd932ab4c91c71c511793df75c5.10.945.15.175.16.37.07.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc47.0 rc57.0 rc6c1f1691ef84fa6d38fa5e5148eca073145e97ffaf1d206181f19b00b275b258fea1418718a2f4173
Vendor states this is fixed in 00752893f96b344f258c9c6de18b33171ac4872c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2884bf72fb8f03409e423397319205de48adca16 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2de5c8eea0a9db99dae7c36f4b541b74b41d3a04 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0f661918edc79d7a75e468128af8d41e2a1a83a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d4cc7e4c80b1634c7b1497574a2fdb18df6c026c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f5b94654a4a19891a8108d66ef166de6c028c6cd (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.184 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.12.86, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.95 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-477.143.1.el8_8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-553.136.1.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-553.136.1.rt7.477.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-284.174.1.el9_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-284.174.1.rt14.459.el9_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-427.127.1.el9_4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-570.119.1.el9_6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-687.15.1.el9_8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:6.12.0-124.55.1.el10_1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:6.12.0-211.22.1.el10_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:6.12.0-55.76.1.el10_0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unaffected)

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416CWE-362

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