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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98074"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:24:13.870Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:13:23.911Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98074"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98074.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98074"
title: "bonding: do not clear curr_active_slave prematurely when releasing all slaves"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbonding: do not clear curr_active_slave prematurely when releasing all slaves\n\nWhen releasing all slaves during bond destruction (all == true),\n__bond_release_one() unconditionally clears bond-\u003ecurr_active_slave to\nNULL in every iteration.\n\nIf a backup slave is released before the active slave,\nbond_alb_deinit_slave() triggers rlb_teach_disabled_mac_on_primary(),\nwhich increments the active slave dev promiscuity counter and sets\nbond_info-\u003eprimary_is_promisc = 1.\n\nBecause bond-\u003ecurr_active_slave was prematurely cleared to NULL when\nreleasing the backup slave, the subsequent iteration releasing the active\nslave evaluates oldcurrent as NULL, so bond_change_active_slave(bond, NULL)\nis skipped. Consequently, bond_alb_handle_active_change() is never called\nto decrement the promiscuity counter, permanently leaking promiscuous\nmode on the physical device after bond teardown.\n\nWhen oldcurrent == slave, bond_change_active_slave(bond, NULL) already sets\nbond-\u003ecurr_active_slave to NULL. We only need to avoid selecting a new\nactive slave when all == true. Replace the if (all) branch with\nif (!all && oldcurrent == slave)."
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