CVE-2026-53337
net: bonding: fix NULL pointer dereference in bond_do_ioctl()
Vexday Risk Score
0Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS —KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
01 Jul 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bonding: fix NULL pointer dereference in bond_do_ioctl()
In bond_do_ioctl(), slave_dev is obtained via __dev_get_by_name() which
can return NULL if the requested interface name does not exist. However,
the subsequent slave_dbg() call is placed before the NULL check:
slave_dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, ifr->ifr_slave);
slave_dbg(bond_dev, slave_dev, "slave_dev=%p:\n", slave_dev); //here
if (!slave_dev)
return -ENODEV;
The slave_dbg() macro expands to netdev_dbg(bond_dev, "(slave %s): " fmt,
(slave_dev)->name, ...) which unconditionally dereferences slave_dev->name
before the NULL check is performed. This results in a NULL pointer
dereference kernel oops when a user calls bonding ioctl (e.g.
SIOCBONDENSLAVE, SIOCBONDRELEASE, etc.) with a non-existent slave
interface name.
This is reachable from userspace via the bonding ioctl interface with
CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, making it a potential local denial-of-service
vector.
Fix by moving the slave_dbg() call after the NULL check.
Affected products
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b7558c85493467b2ea20738866b822db6442034https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66693957bacd1c9dae6188a7312d6be69a221f2dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a629418d463fb50d132a1aa063b0105857311e5fhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a764b0e8317a863006e05732e1aefe821b9d8c2dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02b2e3e876c18733b868a29064abd11cdbf8febhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0878106ddc486375084145848ff255dedfff46ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb8fad90f27300add583a8371db504b766d95c7https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2cfe290fdb1c32a4f4eb2b8ca3f363b305d21ba