[PATCH 6.18 093/333] net: bonding: Fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-17T17:11:10Z

From: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@suse.com>

[ Upstream commit 30021e969d48e5819d5ae56936c2f34c0f7ce997 ]

When booting with the 'ipv6.disable=1' parameter, the nd_tbl is never
initialized because inet6_init() exits before ndisc_init() is called
which initializes it. If bonding ARP/NS validation is enabled, an IPv6
NS/NA packet received on a slave can reach bond_validate_na(), which
calls bond_has_this_ip6(). That path calls ipv6_chk_addr() and can
crash in __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags().

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000005d8
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
RIP: 0010:__ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags+0x69/0x170
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
ipv6_chk_addr+0x1f/0x30
bond_validate_na+0x12e/0x1d0 [bonding]
? __pfx_bond_handle_frame+0x10/0x10 [bonding]
bond_rcv_validate+0x1a0/0x450 [bonding]
bond_handle_frame+0x5e/0x290 [bonding]
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
__netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x3e8/0xe50
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? update_cfs_rq_load_avg+0x1a/0x240
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? __enqueue_entity+0x5e/0x240
__netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x39/0xa0
process_backlog+0x9c/0x150
__napi_poll+0x30/0x200
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
net_rx_action+0x338/0x3b0
handle_softirqs+0xc9/0x2a0
do_softirq+0x42/0x60
</IRQ>
<TASK>
__local_bh_enable_ip+0x62/0x70
__dev_queue_xmit+0x2d3/0x1000
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? packet_parse_headers+0x10a/0x1a0
packet_sendmsg+0x10da/0x1700
? kick_pool+0x5f/0x140
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
? __queue_work+0x12d/0x4f0
__sys_sendto+0x1f3/0x220
__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x101/0xf80
? exc_page_fault+0x6e/0x170
? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>

Fix this by checking ipv6_mod_enabled() before dispatching IPv6 packets to
bond_na_rcv(). If IPv6 is disabled, return early from bond_rcv_validate()
and avoid the path to ipv6_chk_addr().

Suggested-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Fixes: 4e24be018eb9 ("bonding: add new parameter ns_targets")
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260307-net-nd_tbl_fixes-v4-2-e2677e85628c@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 139ece7676c50..e8e261e0cb4e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -3402,7 +3402,7 @@ int bond_rcv_validate(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
} else if (is_arp) {
return bond_arp_rcv(skb, bond, slave);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
- } else if (is_ipv6) {
+ } else if (is_ipv6 && likely(ipv6_mod_enabled())) {
return bond_na_rcv(skb, bond, slave);
#endif
} else {
--
2.51.0