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"dateReserved": "2026-07-30T09:28:09.372Z",
"datePublished": "2026-08-10T11:59:39.174Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:00:11.808Z"
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: fix stale skb->sk reference on subflow close\n\nThe backlog list is updated by mptcp_data_ready() under\nmptcp_data_lock(). The cleanup of backlog references to a closing\nsubflow, however, was performed in mptcp_close_ssk(), before\n__mptcp_close_ssk() acquires the ssk lock, and while holding neither\nthe ssk lock nor mptcp_data_lock().\n\nBecause that traversal ran without mptcp_data_lock(), concurrent softirq\nRX processing on another CPU (subflow_data_ready() -> mptcp_data_ready()\n-> __mptcp_add_backlog(), under mptcp_data_lock()) could add a backlog\nentry referencing the ssk while the cleanup loop was in progress. Such\nan entry could be missed by the cleanup, or the concurrent list update\ncould corrupt the traversal, leaving skb->sk pointing at the ssk after\nit is freed.\n\nA later mptcp_backlog_purge() then dereferences the stale pointer,\ntriggering a warning in inet_sock_destruct() (ssk->sk_rmem_alloc != 0)\nfollowed by a use-after-free in mptcp_backlog_purge().\n\nFix this by moving the backlog cleanup into __mptcp_close_ssk(), after\nsubflow->closing is set to 1 and while the ssk lock is still held,\nserialized under mptcp_data_lock(). The cleanup runs only on the push\npath (MPTCP_CF_PUSH), where backlog references accumulate; on other\nteardown paths the caller already handles cleanup.\n\nWith subflow->closing set and mptcp_data_lock() held across the purge,\nany concurrent mptcp_data_ready() either completes its enqueue before\nthe purge runs and is caught, or observes closing=1 and bails out. Once\nmptcp_data_unlock() is reached, no new skb referencing the ssk can be\nenqueued, so the cleanup is exhaustive.\n\nRemove the unprotected traversal from mptcp_close_ssk() entirely."
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"value": "AV:N - The bug is in MPTCP receive/teardown on the TCP/IP stack; remote peers drive subflow_data_ready() RX softirq processing and can concurrently trigger subflow close via FIN/RST or data floods during mptcp_close_ssk(), reaching the race without local access.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race by timing inbound packets against subflow teardown on an MPTCP connection they own; syzkaller reliably reproduced the UAF, and no uncontrollable memory layout or rare victim state is required beyond an active MPTCP session.\nPR:N - Exploitation needs only the ability to be an MPTCP/TCP peer on the network after handshake; no local account, CAP_NET_ADMIN, or application credentials on the victim are required to send data and close subflows remotely.\nUI:N - No victim user interaction is required beyond the system normally accepting or maintaining MPTCP connections; the attacker can trigger the race entirely through automated network traffic and connection management.\nS:U - The vulnerability corrupts kernel heap memory within the network stack security boundary on the affected host; it does not by itself cross VM, hypervisor, or IOMMU isolation boundaries.\nC:H - A missed backlog cleanup leaves skb->sk pointing at a freed subflow socket; later mptcp_backlog_purge() dereferences it in mptcp_borrow_fwdmem(), producing a slab use-after-free on struct sock that can disclose kernel memory.\nI:H - The UAF performs atomic_sub() writes to sk_rmem_alloc on a freed TCP socket object, corrupting attacker-influenced heap memory and providing a standard path to further arbitrary kernel write or control-flow hijack.\nA:H - Confirmed KASAN slab-use-after-free during mptcp_backlog_purge() causes inet_sock_destruct() warnings and kernel instability during socket teardown; UAF in softirq/close paths can panic or repeatedly crash the host."
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