net/mlx5e: Fix handling of wrong devices during bond netevent
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 4fad499d7fece448e7230d5e5b92f6d8a073e0bb, a01ee1b8165f4161459b5ec4e728bc7130fe8cd4, ec41332e02bd0acf1f24206867bb6a02f5877a62.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4fad499d7fece448e7230d5e5b92f6d8a073e0bb, a01ee1b8165f4161459b5ec4e728bc7130fe8cd4, ec41332e02bd0acf1f24206867bb6a02f5877a62 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix handling of wrong devices during bond netevent Current implementation of bond netevent handler only check if the handled netdev is VF representor and it missing a check if the VF representor is on the same phys device of the bond handling the netevent. Fix by adding the missing check and optimizing the check if the netdev is VF representor so it will not access uninitialized private data and crashes. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000036c PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI Workqueue: eth3bond0 bond_mii_monitor [bonding] RIP: 0010:mlx5e_is_uplink_rep+0xc/0x50 [mlx5_core] RSP: 0018:ffff88812d69fd60 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881cf800000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff88812d69fe10 RSI: 000000000000001b RDI: ffff8881cf800880 RBP: ffff8881cf800000 R08: 00000445cabccf2b R09: 0000000000000008 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000008 R12: ffff88812d69fe10 R13: 00000000fffffffe R14: ffff88820c0f9000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88846fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000000000036c CR3: 0000000103d80006 CR4: 0000000000370ea0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: mlx5e_eswitch_uplink_rep+0x31/0x40 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_is_lag_netdev+0x94/0xc0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_esw_bond_netevent+0xeb/0x3d0 [mlx5_core] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x41/0x60 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x34/0x80 netdev_lower_state_changed+0x4e/0xa0 bond_mii_monitor+0x56b/0x640 [bonding] process_one_work+0x1b9/0x390 worker_thread+0x4d/0x3d0 ? rescuer_thread+0x350/0x350 kthread+0x124/0x150 ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
- Published
- Jun 20, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 13th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-476
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.8 and later · before 5.10.97
- linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.20
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.16.6
- linux linux kernel5.17
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.8affected
- 7e51891a237f9ea319f53f9beb83afb0077d88e6 and later · before a01ee1b8165f4161459b5ec4e728bc7130fe8cd4affected · git
- 7e51891a237f9ea319f53f9beb83afb0077d88e6 and later · before fe70126da6063c29ca161cdec7ad1dae9af836b3affected · git
- 7e51891a237f9ea319f53f9beb83afb0077d88e6 and later · before 4fad499d7fece448e7230d5e5b92f6d8a073e0bbaffected · git
- 7e51891a237f9ea319f53f9beb83afb0077d88e6 and later · before ec41332e02bd0acf1f24206867bb6a02f5877a62affected · git
- before 5.8not affected · semver
- 5.10.97 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
- 5.15.20 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
- 5.16.6 and later · up to and including 5.16.*not affected · semver
- 5.17 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 5.16.7-1 | 5.16.7-1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 4fad499d7fece448e7230d5e5b92f6d8a073e0bb | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | a01ee1b8165f4161459b5ec4e728bc7130fe8cd4 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ec41332e02bd0acf1f24206867bb6a02f5877a62 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | fe70126da6063c29ca161cdec7ad1dae9af836b3 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 5.16.7-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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