CVE-2026-23321
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's MPTCP (Multipath TCP) endpoint management. It triggers a warning when removing an endpoint with both 'signal' and 'subflow' flags while the MPTCP subflow limit is set to 0. The issue stems from incorrectly marking the endpoint as used, leading to state inconsistency.
Risk Assessment
The vulnerability may cause a system crash (kernel panic) or unpredictable behavior of the MPTCP network stack, affecting the stability of systems using Multipath TCP. A local attacker could intentionally trigger this bug, causing a denial of service (DoS).
Recommendation
Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit fafda3b4b06b or later). If an update is not possible, temporarily restrict MPTCP usage or avoid configurations with the subflow limit set to 0.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: pm: in-kernel: always mark signal+subflow endp as used Syzkaller managed to find a combination of actions that was generating this warning: msk->pm.local_addr_used == 0 WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at __mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 [inline], CPU#1: syz.2.17/961 WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1103 [inline], CPU#1: syz.2.17/961 WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x81d/0x8f0 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1210, CPU#1: syz.2.17/961 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 961 Comm: syz.2.17 Not tainted 6.19.0-08368-gfafda3b4b06b #22 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 25.10 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, + 10.1 machine, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1build1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 [inline] RIP: 0010:mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1103 [inline] RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x81d/0x8f0 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1210 Code: 89 c5 e8 46 30 6f fe e9 21 fd ff ff 49 83 ed 80 e8 38 30 6f fe 4c 89 ef be 03 00 00 00 e8 db 49 df fe eb ac e8 24 30 6f fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 1d ff ff ff e8 16 30 6f fe eb 05 e8 0f 30 6f fe e8 9a RSP: 0018:ffffc90001663880 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff82de1a6c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88800722b500 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff8880158b22d0 R08: 0000000000010425 R09: ffffffffffffffff R10: ffffffff82de18ba R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88800641a640 R13: ffff8880158b1880 R14: ffff88801ec3c900 R15: ffff88800641a650 FS: 00005555722c3500(0000) GS:ffff8880f909d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f66346e0f60 CR3: 000000001607c000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x117/0x180 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x3a8/0x3f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210 netlink_rcv_skb+0x16d/0x240 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x3e9/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344 netlink_sendmsg+0x4aa/0x5b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0xc9/0xf0 net/socket.c:742 ____sys_sendmsg+0x272/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2592 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2de/0x320 net/socket.c:2646 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2683 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2681 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2681 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x143/0x440 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f66346f826d Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffc83d8bdc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6634985fa0 RCX: 00007f66346f826d RDX: 00000000040000b0 RSI: 0000200000000740 RDI: 0000000000000007 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6634985fa8 R13: 00007f6634985fac R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000001770 </TASK> The actions that caused that seem to be: - Set the MPTCP subflows limit to 0 - Create an MPTCP endpoint with both the 'signal' and 'subflow' flags - Create a new MPTCP connection from a different address: an ADD_ADDR linked to the MPTCP endpoint will be sent ('signal' flag), but no subflows is initiated ('subflow' flag) - Remove the MPTCP endpoint ---truncated---