# CVE-2026-23119: bonding: provide a net pointer to __skb_flow_dissect()

> A missing network pointer in the Linux kernel bonding driver causes a null dereference, leading to a system crash.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 14 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-77661, BELL-CVE-2026-23119, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23119, GHSA-8jcj-2cc9-ghpj, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-23119, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23119, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23119

## What is CVE-2026-23119?

CVE-2026-23119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 2026. 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:

bonding: provide a net pointer to __skb_flow_dissect()

After 3cbf4ffba5ee ("net: plumb network namespace into __skb_flow_dissect")
we have to provide a net pointer to __skb_flow_dissect(),
either via skb->dev, skb->sk, or a user provided pointer.

In the following case, syzbot was able to cook a bare skb.

WARNING: net/core/flow_dissector.c:1131 at __skb_flow_dissect+0xb57/0x68b0 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1131, CPU#1: syz.2.1418/11053
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  bond_flow_dissect drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:4093 [inline]
  __bond_xmit_hash+0x2d7/0xba0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:4157
  bond_xmit_hash_xdp drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:4208 [inline]
  bond_xdp_xmit_3ad_xor_slave_get drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5139 [inline]
  bond_xdp_get_xmit_slave+0x1fd/0x710 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5515
  xdp_master_redirect+0x13f/0x2c0 net/core/filter.c:4388
  bpf_prog_run_xdp include/net/xdp.h:700 [inline]
  bpf_test_run+0x6b2/0x7d0 net/bpf/test_run.c:421
  bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x795/0x10e0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1390
  bpf_prog_test_run+0x2c7/0x340 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4703
  __sys_bpf+0x562/0x860 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6182
  __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6274 [inline]
  __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6272 [inline]
  __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6272
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xec/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23119?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-23119?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-23119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23119 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-23119 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 2026. 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-2026-23119 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-2026-23119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23119/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23119
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23119
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23119

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23119/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.