CVE-2026-98089

CVE-2026-98089

published September 25, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()

alb_determine_nd() uses icmp6_hdr(skb) to inspect ICMPv6 headers.

However, in xmit paths (e.g. packets sent via AF_PACKET / raw sockets

or forwarded packets), skb->transport_header is not guaranteed to be

initialized. While pskb_network_may_pull() ensures the packet data is

linear starting from the network header, it does not set or adjust the

transport header offset.

Dereferencing icmp6_hdr(skb) can therefore access out-of-bounds memory.

Fetch the icmp6hdr directly after ipv6hdr following pskb_network_may_pull(),

and reload ipv6hdr in case pskb_may_pull() reallocated skb->head.

Also remove the unused bond argument from alb_determine_nd().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00172 · 6.3th percentile
Published
2026-09-25T15:17Z
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 25 SEP 10:24Z
    bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()
    cvelistv5