# CVE-2022-49667: net: bonding: fix use-after-free after 802.3ad slave unbind

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel bonding driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49667, GHSA-5wq4-958x-w5fq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49667

## What is CVE-2022-49667?

CVE-2022-49667 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: bonding: fix use-after-free after 802.3ad slave unbind

commit 0622cab0341c ("bonding: fix 802.3ad aggregator reselection"),
resolve case, when there is several aggregation groups in the same bond.
bond_3ad_unbind_slave will invalidate (clear) aggregator when
__agg_active_ports return zero. So, ad_clear_agg can be executed even, when
num_of_ports!=0. Than bond_3ad_unbind_slave can be executed again for,
previously cleared aggregator. NOTE: at this time bond_3ad_unbind_slave
will not update slave ports list, because lag_ports==NULL. So, here we
got slave ports, pointing to freed aggregator memory.

Fix with checking actual number of ports in group (as was before
commit 0622cab0341c ("bonding: fix 802.3ad aggregator reselection") ),
before ad_clear_agg().

The KASAN logs are as follows:

[  767.617392] ==================================================================
[  767.630776] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in bond_3ad_state_machine_handler+0x13dc/0x1470
[  767.638764] Read of size 2 at addr ffff00011ba9d430 by task kworker/u8:7/767
[  767.647361] CPU: 3 PID: 767 Comm: kworker/u8:7 Tainted: G           O 5.15.11 #15
[  767.655329] Hardware name: DNI AmazonGo1 A7040 board (DT)
[  767.660760] Workqueue: lacp_1 bond_3ad_state_machine_handler
[  767.666468] Call trace:
[  767.668930]  dump_backtrace+0x0/0x2d0
[  767.672625]  show_stack+0x24/0x30
[  767.675965]  dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
[  767.679659]  print_address_description.constprop.0+0x74/0x2b8
[  767.685451]  kasan_report+0x1f0/0x260
[  767.689148]  __asan_load2+0x94/0xd0
[  767.692667]  bond_3ad_state_machine_handler+0x13dc/0x1470

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49667?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49667?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49667 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49667 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49667 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49667 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49667 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49667/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49667/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49667
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49667
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49667

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