CVE-2026-31502
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: team: fix header_ops type confusion with non-Ethernet ports Similar to commit 950803f72547 ("bonding: fix type confusion in bond_setup_by_slave()") team has the same class of header_ops type confusion. For non-Ethernet ports, team_setup_by_port() copies port_dev->header_ops directly. When the team device later calls dev_hard_header() or dev_parse_header(), these callbacks can run with the team net_device instead of the real lower device, so netdev_priv(dev) is interpreted as the wrong private type and can crash. The syzbot report shows a crash in bond_header_create(), but the root cause is in team: the topology is gre -> bond -> team, and team calls the inherited header_ops with its own net_device instead of the lower device, so bond_header_create() receives a team device and interprets netdev_priv() as bonding private data, causing a type confusion crash. Fix this by introducing team header_ops wrappers for create/parse, selecting a team port under RCU, and calling the lower device callbacks with port->dev, so each callback always sees the correct net_device context. Also pass the selected lower device to the lower parse callback, so recursion is bounded in stacked non-Ethernet topologies and parse callbacks always run with the correct device context.
EPSS 0.02% · 3.5th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.12.80, 0, 6.18.21 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 3.7, 3.7, 3.7 |
Timeline
- Apr 22, 2026 CVE Published
- Apr 22, 2026 CVE Updated
- Apr 23, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d3161fa3eee64d46b766fb0db33ec7f300ef52d url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a7468ed49a6b65d34abcc6eb60e15f7f6d34da0 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20491d384d973a63fbdaf7a71e38d69b0659ea55 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425000dbf17373a4ab8be9428f5dc055ef870a56 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31502 advisory