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Unscored CVE-2025-21706 EUVD-2025-5244GHSA-fx65-xwxc-78xx

mptcp: pm: only set fullmesh for subflow endp

Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 10, 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-6.5 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-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 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-azure-nvidia Package: linux-fips 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-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 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-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-6.8 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-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra 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-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 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-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

mptcp: pm: only set fullmesh for subflow endp

With the in-kernel path-manager, it is possible to change the 'fullmesh'
flag. The code in mptcp_pm_nl_fullmesh() expects to change it only on
'subflow' endpoints, to recreate more or less subflows using the linked
address.

Unfortunately, the set_flags() hook was a bit more permissive, and
allowed 'implicit' endpoints to get the 'fullmesh' flag while it is not
allowed before.

That's what syzbot found, triggering the following warning:

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6499 at net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1496 __mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1496 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6499 at net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1496 mptcp_pm_nl_fullmesh net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1980 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6499 at net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1496 mptcp_nl_set_flags net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:2003 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6499 at net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1496 mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags+0x974/0xdc0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:2064
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6499 Comm: syz.1.413 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc5-syzkaller-00172-gd1bf27c4e176 #0
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
RIP: 0010:__mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1496 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_fullmesh net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1980 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_nl_set_flags net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:2003 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags+0x974/0xdc0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:2064
Code: 01 00 00 49 89 c5 e8 fb 45 e8 f5 e9 b8 fc ff ff e8 f1 45 e8 f5 4c 89 f7 be 03 00 00 00 e8 44 1d 0b f9 eb a0 e8 dd 45 e8 f5 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 17 ff ff ff 89 d9 80 e1 07 38 c1 0f 8c c9 fc ff ff 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000d307240 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff8bb72e03 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88807da88000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc9000d307430 R08: ffffffff8bb72cf0 R09: 1ffff1100b842a5e
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100b842a5f R12: ffff88801e2e5ac0
R13: ffff88805c214800 R14: ffff88805c2152e8 R15: 1ffff1100b842a5d
FS: 00005555619f6500(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020002840 CR3: 00000000247e6000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 [inline]
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0xb14/0xec0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2542
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1321 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1347
netlink_sendmsg+0x8e4/0xcb0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1891
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:711 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:726
____sys_sendmsg+0x52a/0x7e0 net/socket.c:2583
___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2637 [inline]
__sys_sendmsg+0x269/0x350 net/socket.c:2669
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f5fe8785d29
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fff571f5558 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f5fe8975fa0 RCX: 00007f5fe8785d29
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000480 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f5fe8801b08 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f5fe8975fa0 R14: 00007f5fe8975fa0 R15: 000000
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.18 6.1.129

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 6.12.13-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.13-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.129-1 —
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.129-1~deb11u1 DLA-4102-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-78.78 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1035.37 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1034.39 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.23 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1036.38 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 +1 6.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1032.36 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1019.21 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1033.33 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-78.78.1 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1 USN-7521-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1035.38 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1010.10 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1035.38.1 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1009.9 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1022.22 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1032.33 USN-7703-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1035.39 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1035.37~22.04.1 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1036.38~22.04.1 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-78.78~22.04.1 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1033.33~22.04.1 USN-7703-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-78.78.1~22.04.1 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1035.38~22.04.1 USN-7703-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1032.33~22.04.1 USN-7703-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2028.29 USN-7719-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1030.31 USN-7703-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1030.31~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +2 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20260-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 +1 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20190-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_10 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10 1-150600.13.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +4 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.129-138.220 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-876
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.129-138.220.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-876

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

Advisories 31

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