CVE-2026-97956

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in net_failover_slave_name_change() This is a sibling fix of commit b84c5632c7b3 ("net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in slave register"). There is netdev_lock_ops() in the upper callers, so using netif_open() instead of dev_open(). Call Trace: __schedule+0x2bb/0x650 schedule+0x27/0xb0 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30 __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x550/0xaf0 __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 mutex_lock+0x3b/0x50 dev_open+0x3b/0xe0 net_failover_slave_name_change+0x22/0x40 failover_event+0xd4/0x1e0 notifier_call_chain+0x62/0xf0 raw_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x30 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x50/0x80 netif_change_name+0x200/0x330 do_setlink.isra.0+0xb12/0xdf0 ? security_capable+0x9a/0x1e0 ? ns_capable+0x31/0x60 rtnl_setlink+0x302/0x670 ? netlink_recvmsg+0x296/0x340 ? security_capable+0x9a/0x1e0 ? __pfx_rtnl_setlink+0x10/0x10 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x384/0x460 ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10 netlink_rcv_skb+0x61/0x120 rtnetlink_rcv+0x15/0x30 netlink_unicast+0x28f/0x3c0 netlink_sendmsg+0x216/0x450 __sys_sendto+0x222/0x230 __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x40 x64_sys_call+0x1d5d/0x2390 do_syscall_64+0x105/0x5a0 ? do_syscall_64+0x140/0x5a0 ? exc_page_fault+0x94/0x1e0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-25 11:17:23.253000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:17:46.893000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97956",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:23.253",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:46.893",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in net_failover_slave_name_change()\n\nThis is a sibling fix of commit\nb84c5632c7b3 (\"net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in slave register\").\nThere is netdev_lock_ops() in the upper callers, so using netif_open()\ninstead of dev_open().\n\nCall Trace:\n __schedule+0x2bb/0x650\n schedule+0x27/0xb0\n schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30\n __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x550/0xaf0\n __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20\n mutex_lock+0x3b/0x50\n dev_open+0x3b/0xe0\n net_failover_slave_name_change+0x22/0x40\n failover_event+0xd4/0x1e0\n notifier_call_chain+0x62/0xf0\n raw_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x30\n call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x50/0x80\n netif_change_name+0x200/0x330\n do_setlink.isra.0+0xb12/0xdf0\n ? security_capable+0x9a/0x1e0\n ? ns_capable+0x31/0x60\n rtnl_setlink+0x302/0x670\n ? netlink_recvmsg+0x296/0x340\n ? security_capable+0x9a/0x1e0\n ? __pfx_rtnl_setlink+0x10/0x10\n rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x384/0x460\n ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x61/0x120\n rtnetlink_rcv+0x15/0x30\n netlink_unicast+0x28f/0x3c0\n netlink_sendmsg+0x216/0x450\n __sys_sendto+0x222/0x230\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x40\n x64_sys_call+0x1d5d/0x2390\n do_syscall_64+0x105/0x5a0\n ? do_syscall_64+0x140/0x5a0\n ? exc_page_fault+0x94/0x1e0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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      "affectedData": [
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          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/net_failover.c"
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            },
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
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