In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bonding: fix devconf_all NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled
When booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, the devconf_all is
never initialized because inet6_init() exits before addrconf_init() is
called which initializes it. bond_send_validate(), however, will still
call bond_ns_send_all() even ipv6 is indeed disabled. It will lead to
NULL derefence of net->ipv6.devconf_all in ip6_pol_route().
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000000c
[...]
Workqueue: bond0 bond_arp_monitor [bonding]
RIP: 0010:ip6_pol_route+0x69/0x480
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? __pfx_ip6_pol_route_output+0x10/0x10
fib6_rule_lookup+0xfe/0x260
? wakeup_preempt+0x8a/0x90
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? sched_balance_rq+0x369/0x810
ip6_route_output_flags+0xd7/0x170
bond_ns_send_all+0xde/0x280 [bonding]
bond_ab_arp_probe+0x296/0x320 [bonding]
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
bond_activebackup_arp_mon+0xb4/0x2c0 [bonding]
process_one_work+0x196/0x370
worker_thread+0x1af/0x320
? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe3/0x120
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x199/0x260
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
Fix this by adding ipv6_mod_enabled() condition check in the caller.
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History
Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 |
Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix devconf_all NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled When booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, the devconf_all is never initialized because inet6_init() exits before addrconf_init() is called which initializes it. bond_send_validate(), however, will still call bond_ns_send_all() even ipv6 is indeed disabled. It will lead to NULL derefence of net->ipv6.devconf_all in ip6_pol_route(). BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000000c [...] Workqueue: bond0 bond_arp_monitor [bonding] RIP: 0010:ip6_pol_route+0x69/0x480 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? __pfx_ip6_pol_route_output+0x10/0x10 fib6_rule_lookup+0xfe/0x260 ? wakeup_preempt+0x8a/0x90 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? sched_balance_rq+0x369/0x810 ip6_route_output_flags+0xd7/0x170 bond_ns_send_all+0xde/0x280 [bonding] bond_ab_arp_probe+0x296/0x320 [bonding] ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f bond_activebackup_arp_mon+0xb4/0x2c0 [bonding] process_one_work+0x196/0x370 worker_thread+0x1af/0x320 ? srso_return_thunk+0x5/0x5f ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10 kthread+0xe3/0x120 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x199/0x260 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> Fix this by adding ipv6_mod_enabled() condition check in the caller. | |
| Title | bonding: fix devconf_all NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T12:03:12.592Z
Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.383Z
Link: CVE-2026-68336
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Updated: 2026-08-10T17:00:03Z