CVE-2024-39296

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix oops during rmmod "rmmod bonding" causes an oops ever since commit cc317ea3d927 ("bonding: remove redundant NULL check in debugfs function"). Here are the relevant functions being called: bonding_exit() bond_destroy_debugfs() debugfs_remove_recursive(bonding_debug_root); bonding_debug_root = NULL; <--------- SET TO NULL HERE bond_netlink_fini() rtnl_link_unregister() __rtnl_link_unregister() unregister_netdevice_many_notify() bond_uninit() bond_debug_unregister() (commit removed check for bonding_debug_root == NULL) debugfs_remove() simple_recursive_removal() down_write() -> OOPS However, reverting the bad commit does not solve the problem completely because the original code contains a race that could cause the same oops, although it was much less likely to be triggered unintentionally: CPU1 rmmod bonding bonding_exit() bond_destroy_debugfs() debugfs_remove_recursive(bonding_debug_root); CPU2 echo -bond0 > /sys/class/net/bonding_masters bond_uninit() bond_debug_unregister() if (!bonding_debug_root) CPU1 bonding_debug_root = NULL; So do NOT revert the bad commit (since the removed checks were racy anyway), and instead change the order of actions taken during module removal. The same oops can also happen if there is an error during module init, so apply the same fix there.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Sep 2025, 16:06

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a45835a0bb6ef7d5ddbc0714dd760de979cb6ece - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a45835a0bb6ef7d5ddbc0714dd760de979cb6ece - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf48aee81103ca06d09d73d33fb72f1191069aa6 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf48aee81103ca06d09d73d33fb72f1191069aa6 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f07224c16678a8af54ddc059b3d2d51885d7f35e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f07224c16678a8af54ddc059b3d2d51885d7f35e - Patch
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.7
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-476
CWE-362

Information

Published : 2024-06-25 15:15

Updated : 2025-09-17 16:06


NVD link : CVE-2024-39296

Mitre link : CVE-2024-39296

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-39296


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference