CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-54085

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.37%

30th percentile - higher than 30% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, there is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in subflow_syn_recv_sock() during early fallback to TCP in the fastopen path. The subflow context is deleted, and the fastopen path does not handle it, leading to a crash.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can cause a kernel panic or unexpected behavior, impacting system stability and service availability.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a patched version that fixes the NULL pointer dereference.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix NULL pointer dereference on fastopen early fallback In case of early fallback to TCP, subflow_syn_recv_sock() deletes the subflow context before returning the newly allocated sock to the caller. The fastopen path does not cope with the above unconditionally dereferencing the subflow context.

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