CVE-2026-98966

bonding: fix the program leak when XDP is replaced

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 23, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

bonding: fix the program leak when XDP is replaced

We need to release the reference on the old BPF prog, whether we are going to no-prog, or replacing the prog with another.

Spotted by AI while running tests for the propagation series (leaked programs were accumulating). Selftest will come in the net-next series to avoid conflicts.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 9e2ee5c7e7c35d195e2aa0692a7241d47a433d1e to before bba6b1b086f9f4ddbfdaba7ea6279dc3abec70c7Affected
  • 9e2ee5c7e7c35d195e2aa0692a7241d47a433d1e to before 184b5ddf82d45d6f75cc83719a2e453392512bd2Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.15Affected
  • before 5.15Not affected
  • 7.2.11 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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