CVE-2026-98807

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds when handling team device events The mlx5_handle_changeupper_event() and mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event() functions check for LAG masters (which includes both bonding and team devices) but only call bonding-specific APIs. When processing team device events, calling bond_slave_get_rcu() and bond_is_slave_inactive() on team_port structures causes KASAN to detect an out-of-bounds memory access since team_port is smaller than bond slave. Fix this by wrapping the bond-specific API calls with a check for bonding devices. This allows the function to still process LAG events for both bonding and teams but only calls bond-specific functions when dealing with actual bonding devices. For mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event(), keep the explicit bond check as mlx5 doesn't handle state information for team ports anyway. Tested with Mellanox ConnectX-5 on Linux 7.2.0-rc6: - Bonding: PASS (no regressions) - Team device: PASS (no KASAN errors)

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-10-18 16:17:34.787000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:19:44.747000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98807",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T16:17:34.787",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:19:44.747",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds when handling team device events\n\nThe mlx5_handle_changeupper_event() and mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event()\nfunctions check for LAG masters (which includes both bonding and team\ndevices) but only call bonding-specific APIs. When processing team device\nevents, calling bond_slave_get_rcu() and bond_is_slave_inactive() on\nteam_port structures causes KASAN to detect an out-of-bounds memory access\nsince team_port is smaller than bond slave.\n\nFix this by wrapping the bond-specific API calls with a check for bonding\ndevices. This allows the function to still process LAG events for both\nbonding and teams but only calls bond-specific functions when dealing with\nactual bonding devices.\n\nFor mlx5_handle_changeinfodata_event(), keep the explicit bond check as\nmlx5 doesn't handle state information for team ports anyway.\n\nTested with Mellanox ConnectX-5 on Linux 7.2.0-rc6:\n- Bonding: PASS (no regressions)\n- Team device: PASS (no KASAN errors)"
    }
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