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.
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-modules-extra-commonUpgrade bpftool6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-tools-develUpgrade kernel6.12-headersUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.103-127.188Upgrade kernel6.12-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-develUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade kernel6.12 | Sep 1, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.12 | Aug 11, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
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