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High · 7.8 CVE-2024-35894 EUVD-2024-35612GHSA-pw5g-24rm-mrgw

mptcp: prevent BPF accessing lowat from a subflow socket.

Published May 19, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: prevent BPF accessing lowat from a subflow socket.

Alexei reported the following splat:

WARNING: CPU: 32 PID: 3276 at net/mptcp/subflow.c:1430 subflow_data_ready+0x147/0x1c0
Modules linked in: dummy bpf_testmod(O) [last unloaded: bpf_test_no_cfi(O)]
CPU: 32 PID: 3276 Comm: test_progs Tainted: GO 6.8.0-12873-g2c43c33bfd23
Call Trace:
<TASK>
mptcp_set_rcvlowat+0x79/0x1d0
sk_setsockopt+0x6c0/0x1540
__bpf_setsockopt+0x6f/0x90
bpf_sock_ops_setsockopt+0x3c/0x90
bpf_prog_509ce5db2c7f9981_bpf_test_sockopt_int+0xb4/0x11b
bpf_prog_dce07e362d941d2b_bpf_test_socket_sockopt+0x12b/0x132
bpf_prog_348c9b5faaf10092_skops_sockopt+0x954/0xe86
__cgroup_bpf_run_filter_sock_ops+0xbc/0x250
tcp_connect+0x879/0x1160
tcp_v6_connect+0x50c/0x870
mptcp_connect+0x129/0x280
__inet_stream_connect+0xce/0x370
inet_stream_connect+0x36/0x50
bpf_trampoline_6442491565+0x49/0xef
inet_stream_connect+0x5/0x50
__sys_connect+0x63/0x90
__x64_sys_connect+0x14/0x20

The root cause of the issue is that bpf allows accessing mptcp-level
proto_ops from a tcp subflow scope.

Fix the issue detecting the problematic call and preventing any action.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.7 6.8.5

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.8.9-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.8.9-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-38.38 USN-6893-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1011.12 USN-6893-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1010.10 USN-6893-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1010.11 USN-6893-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1006.9 USN-6893-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm +2 6.8.0-1008.8 USN-6918-1, USN-6893-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel 6.8.0-1007.14 USN-6893-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1009.9 USN-6893-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1007.7 USN-6893-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-38.38.1 USN-6893-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1011.12~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1009.9~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2006.6 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1004.4 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 RHSA-2024:9315
RHEL 9 rv +67 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 RHSA-2024:9315

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.4.0-503.11.1.el9_5 ELSA-2024-9315
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 ELSA-2024-9315

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