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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in net_failover_slave_name_change()", "id": "2541155", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541155"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-833", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nnet: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in net_failover_slave_name_change()\nThis is a sibling fix of commit\nb84c5632c7b3 (\"net: net_failover: Fix the deadlock in slave register\").\nThere is netdev_lock_ops() in the upper callers, so using netif_open()\ninstead of dev_open().\nCall Trace:\n__schedule+0x2bb/0x650\nschedule+0x27/0xb0\nschedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30\n__mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x550/0xaf0\n__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20\nmutex_lock+0x3b/0x50\ndev_open+0x3b/0xe0\nnet_failover_slave_name_change+0x22/0x40\nfailover_event+0xd4/0x1e0\nnotifier_call_chain+0x62/0xf0\nraw_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x30\ncall_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x50/0x80\nnetif_change_name+0x200/0x330\ndo_setlink.isra.0+0xb12/0xdf0\n? security_capable+0x9a/0x1e0\n? ns_capable+0x31/0x60\nrtnl_setlink+0x302/0x670\n? netlink_recvmsg+0x296/0x340\n? security_capable+0x9a/0x1e0\n? __pfx_rtnl_setlink+0x10/0x10\nrtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x384/0x460\n? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\nnetlink_rcv_skb+0x61/0x120\nrtnetlink_rcv+0x15/0x30\nnetlink_unicast+0x28f/0x3c0\nnetlink_sendmsg+0x216/0x450\n__sys_sendto+0x222/0x230\n__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x40\nx64_sys_call+0x1d5d/0x2390\ndo_syscall_64+0x105/0x5a0\n? do_syscall_64+0x140/0x5a0\n? exc_page_fault+0x94/0x1e0\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's network failover driver, which can result in a Denial of Service (DoS). When a network slave device undergoes a name change, the driver invokes an open operation that attempts to reacquire locks already held by upper-level callers. A local user capable of triggering network interface configuration changes can exploit this condition to cause a deadlock, leaving the kernel unresponsive."], "name": "CVE-2026-97956", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-09-25T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97956\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97956\nhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-97956.mbox"], "threat_severity": "Low"}