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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/31xxx/CVE-2026-31546.json"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bonding: fix NULL deref in bond_debug_rlb_hash_show\n\nrlb_clear_slave intentionally keeps RLB hash-table entries on\nthe rx_hashtbl_used_head list with slave set to NULL when no\nreplacement slave is available. However, bond_debug_rlb_hash_show\nvisites client_info-\u003eslave without checking if it's NULL.\n\nOther used-list iterators in bond_alb.c already handle this NULL-slave\nstate safely:\n\n- rlb_update_client returns early on !client_info-\u003eslave\n- rlb_req_update_slave_clients, rlb_clear_slave, and rlb_rebalance\ncompare slave values before visiting\n- lb_req_update_subnet_clients continues if slave is NULL\n\nThe following NULL deref crash can be trigger in\nbond_debug_rlb_hash_show:\n\n[    1.289791] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n[    1.292058] RIP: 0010:bond_debug_rlb_hash_show (drivers/net/bonding/bond_debugfs.c:41)\n[    1.293101] RSP: 0018:ffffc900004a7d00 EFLAGS: 00010286\n[    1.293333] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888102b48200 RCX: ffff888102b48204\n[    1.293631] RDX: ffff888102b48200 RSI: ffffffff839daad5 RDI: ffff888102815078\n[    1.293924] RBP: ffff888102815078 R08: ffff888102b4820e R09: 0000000000000000\n[    1.294267] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888100f929c0\n[    1.294564] R13: ffff888100f92a00 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffc900004a7ed8\n[    1.294864] FS:  0000000001395380(0000) GS:ffff888196e75000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[    1.295239] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[    1.295480] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000102adc004 CR4: 0000000000772ef0\n[    1.295897] Call Trace:\n[    1.296134]  seq_read_iter (fs/seq_file.c:231)\n[    1.296341]  seq_read (fs/seq_file.c:164)\n[    1.296493]  full_proxy_read (fs/debugfs/file.c:378 (discriminator 1))\n[    1.296658]  vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:572)\n[    1.296981]  ksys_read (fs/read_write.c:717)\n[    1.297132]  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1))\n[    1.297325]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\nAdd a NULL check and print \"(none)\" for entries with no assigned slave.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-31546",
  "modified": "2026-07-16T03:31:07.955765015Z",
  "published": "2026-04-24T14:33:14.572Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3f8cd3f370247ded14d38d216b49dd30eade76"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19f0fd87df0e5746b24f5caa465a66a8c6e6e241"
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31546"
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
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  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "summary": "net: bonding: fix NULL deref in bond_debug_rlb_hash_show"
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