# CVE-2026-74726: bonding: alb: re-check primary\_is\_promisc under RTNL in bond\_alb\_monitor

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-08-22 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in f7668762bf5fd6db9397de5c0514407489d9d815; from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in 09add8d5cfa9c46828f51eaad162c36e86366b71; from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in b82f51681a7a88c7d3c865e817a3340d42b5fa2a; from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in dd148539fb4741d01c06b7d2c8bd84b01920756c; from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in dccec0227ed8d9e36936d66e256b957dc2858468; from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in 2faf75a8a06504071b4c0aea7e45a9cc49a4e187; from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in 257c4a3a34d8f51efb00f35375a0c6ce3c8f6ce2; from d0e81b7e2246a41d068ecaf15aac9de570816d63, fixed in 683c6ba6e58e6ed1037831ea97dd58d9c0e76b8d
- Linux: 2.6.24
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.24, fixed in 5.10.265; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.216; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.183; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.152; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.104; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.45; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: alb: re-check primary_is_promisc under RTNL in bond_alb_monitor bond_alb_monitor() reads primary_is_promisc under RCU, then drops RCU and takes RTNL via rtnl_trylock() before undoing the promiscuity it set on the active slave. In that window the active slave can change under RTNL (RTM_DELLINK -> __bond_release_one() -> bond_alb_handle_active_change()), which already drops the promiscuity and clears primary_is_promisc. The monitor still acts on the stale decision: if the slave was removed with no failover, curr_active_slave is now NULL and the deref faults; if it failed over, the stale dev_set_promiscuity(-1) underflows the new slave's promiscuity counter and pins it in IFF_PROMISC. Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ... KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] Workqueue: b42 bond_alb_monitor RIP: 0010:bond_alb_monitor (drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c:1600) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3322) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3486) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Re-check primary_is_promisc (and curr_active_slave) after taking RTNL so the monitor only undoes an increment it still owns. The other bonding monitors already re-read state under RTNL in their commit phase (bond_miimon_commit/bond_ab_arp_commit); bond_alb_monitor() was the only one acting on the pre-trylock decision.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7668762bf5fd6db9397de5c0514407489d9d815
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09add8d5cfa9c46828f51eaad162c36e86366b71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b82f51681a7a88c7d3c865e817a3340d42b5fa2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd148539fb4741d01c06b7d2c8bd84b01920756c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dccec0227ed8d9e36936d66e256b957dc2858468
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2faf75a8a06504071b4c0aea7e45a9cc49a4e187
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/257c4a3a34d8f51efb00f35375a0c6ce3c8f6ce2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/683c6ba6e58e6ed1037831ea97dd58d9c0e76b8d

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