CVE-2026-98089 PUBLISHED

bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()

alb_determine_nd() uses icmp6_hdr(skb) to inspect ICMPv6 headers. However, in xmit paths (e.g. packets sent via AF_PACKET / raw sockets or forwarded packets), skb->transport_header is not guaranteed to be initialized. While pskb_network_may_pull() ensures the packet data is linear starting from the network header, it does not set or adjust the transport header offset.

Dereferencing icmp6_hdr(skb) can therefore access out-of-bounds memory.

Fetch the icmp6hdr directly after ipv6hdr following pskb_network_may_pull(), and reload ipv6hdr in case pskb_may_pull() reallocated skb->head. Also remove the unused bond argument from alb_determine_nd().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to e39cf90bd856443542b97933289749fca07476bf (excl.)
  • affected from 0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to 27314f96d29b54e815e7a9b84c3273f1895e68e2 (excl.)
  • affected from 0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to 3b178894931a268c09126a5b53630f343e10e296 (excl.)
  • affected from 0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to 70f3995830d3f1e79faa14eb0605914f778feca9 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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