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CVE-2024-44990: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-04 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix null pointer deref in bond_ipsec_offload_ok We must check if there is an active slave before dereferencing the pointer.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.9 before 5.10.225; from 5.11 before 5.15.166; from 5.16 before 6.1.107; from 6.2 before 6.6.48; from 6.7 before 6.10.7; 6.11-rc1, 6.11-rc2, 6.11-rc3, 6.11-rc4 — fixed in 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.10.7, 6.6.48

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.225, 5.15.166, 6.1.107, 6.10.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0707260a18312bbcd2a5668584e3692d0a29e3f6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5bdd68c1ce64bda6bef4d361a3de23b04ccd59
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32a0173600c63aadaf2103bf02f074982e8602ab
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81216b9352be43f8958092d379f6dec85443c309
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c90e4ad89d493a7a14fa200082e466e2548f9d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b70b0ddfed31fc92c8dc722d0afafc8e14cb550c
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00003.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html

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