Re: [PATCH] bonding: refuse to enslave CAN devices
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 20:11:24 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Tue, 26 May 2026 21:33:19 +0200 you wrote:
> syzbot reported a kernel paging request crash in
> can_rx_unregister() inside net/can/af_can.c. The crash occurs
> because a virtual CAN device (vxcan) is being enslaved to a
> bonding master.
>
> During the enslavement process, the bonding driver mutates
> and modifies the network device states to fit an Ethernet-like
> aggregation model. However, CAN devices operate on a completely
> different Layer 2 architecture, relying on the CAN mid-layer
> private data structure (can_ml_priv) instead of standard
> Ethernet structures. Since bonding does not initialize or
> maintain these CAN structures, subsequent operations on the
> half-enslaved interface (such as closing associated sockets
> via isotp_release) lead to a null-pointer dereference when
> accessing the CAN receiver lists.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- bonding: refuse to enslave CAN devices
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/8ba68464e478
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