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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bonding: Fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled\n\nWhen booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, the nd_tbl is never\ninitialized because inet6_init() exits before ndisc_init() is called\nwhich initializes it. If bonding ARP/NS validation is enabled, an IPv6\nNS/NA packet received on a slave can reach bond_validate_na(), which\ncalls bond_has_this_ip6(). That path calls ipv6_chk_addr() and can\ncrash in __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags().\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000005d8\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:__ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags+0x69/0x170\n Call Trace:\n \n ipv6_chk_addr+0x1f/0x30\n bond_validate_na+0x12e/0x1d0 [bonding]\n ? __pfx_bond_handle_frame+0x10/0x10 [bonding]\n bond_rcv_validate+0x1a0/0x450 [bonding]\n bond_handle_frame+0x5e/0x290 [bonding]\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x3e8/0xe50\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? update_cfs_rq_load_avg+0x1a/0x240\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? __enqueue_entity+0x5e/0x240\n __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x39/0xa0\n process_backlog+0x9c/0x150\n __napi_poll+0x30/0x200\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n net_rx_action+0x338/0x3b0\n handle_softirqs+0xc9/0x2a0\n do_softirq+0x42/0x60\n \n \n __local_bh_enable_ip+0x62/0x70\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x2d3/0x1000\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? packet_parse_headers+0x10a/0x1a0\n packet_sendmsg+0x10da/0x1700\n ? kick_pool+0x5f/0x140\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n ? __queue_work+0x12d/0x4f0\n __sys_sendto+0x1f3/0x220\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x101/0xf80\n ? exc_page_fault+0x6e/0x170\n ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n \n\nFix this by checking ipv6_mod_enabled() before dispatching IPv6 packets to\nbond_na_rcv(). If IPv6 is disabled, return early from bond_rcv_validate()\nand avoid the path to ipv6_chk_addr()."
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