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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2025-21707 EUVD-2025-5243GHSA-mcqw-w66r-84mp

mptcp: consolidate suboption status

Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel 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-5.15 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-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 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-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 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-gcp-fips 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-5.15 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-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 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-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 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-5.15 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-5.15 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-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

mptcp: consolidate suboption status

MPTCP maintains the received sub-options status is the bitmask carrying
the received suboptions and in several bitfields carrying per suboption
additional info.

Zeroing the bitmask before parsing is not enough to ensure a consistent
status, and the MPTCP code has to additionally clear some bitfiled
depending on the actually parsed suboption.

The above schema is fragile, and syzbot managed to trigger a path where
a relevant bitfield is not cleared/initialized:

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/options.c:1030 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/protocol.h:864 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ack_update_msk net/mptcp/options.c:1060 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mptcp_incoming_options+0x2036/0x3d30 net/mptcp/options.c:1209
__mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/options.c:1030 [inline]
mptcp_expand_seq net/mptcp/protocol.h:864 [inline]
ack_update_msk net/mptcp/options.c:1060 [inline]
mptcp_incoming_options+0x2036/0x3d30 net/mptcp/options.c:1209
tcp_data_queue+0xb4/0x7be0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5233
tcp_rcv_established+0x1061/0x2510 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6264
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x7f3/0x11a0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1916
tcp_v4_rcv+0x51df/0x5750 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2351
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2a3/0x13d0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205
ip_local_deliver_finish+0x336/0x500 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline]
ip_local_deliver+0x21f/0x490 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:254
dst_input include/net/dst.h:460 [inline]
ip_rcv_finish+0x4a2/0x520 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:447
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline]
ip_rcv+0xcd/0x380 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:567
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5704 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb+0x319/0xa00 net/core/dev.c:5817
process_backlog+0x4ad/0xa50 net/core/dev.c:6149
__napi_poll+0xe7/0x980 net/core/dev.c:6902
napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6971 [inline]
net_rx_action+0xa5a/0x19b0 net/core/dev.c:7093
handle_softirqs+0x1a0/0x7c0 kernel/softirq.c:561
__do_softirq+0x14/0x1a kernel/softirq.c:595
do_softirq+0x9a/0x100 kernel/softirq.c:462
__local_bh_enable_ip+0x9f/0xb0 kernel/softirq.c:389
local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
rcu_read_unlock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:919 [inline]
__dev_queue_xmit+0x2758/0x57d0 net/core/dev.c:4493
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3168 [inline]
neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:523 [inline]
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:537 [inline]
ip_finish_output2+0x187c/0x1b70 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:236
__ip_finish_output+0x287/0x810
ip_finish_output+0x4b/0x600 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:324
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline]
ip_output+0x15f/0x3f0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:434
dst_output include/net/dst.h:450 [inline]
ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:130 [inline]
__ip_queue_xmit+0x1f2a/0x20d0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:536
ip_queue_xmit+0x60/0x80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:550
__tcp_transmit_skb+0x3cea/0x4900 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1468
tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1486 [inline]
tcp_write_xmit+0x3b90/0x9070 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2829
__tcp_push_pending_frames+0xc4/0x380 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3012
tcp_send_fin+0x9f6/0xf50 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3618
__tcp_close+0x140c/0x1550 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3130
__mptcp_close_ssk+0x74e/0x16f0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2496
mptcp_close_ssk+0x26b/0x2c0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2550
mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow+0x635/0xd10 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:889
mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:924 [inline]
mptcp_pm_flush_addrs_and_subflows net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1688 [inline]
mptcp_nl_flush_addrs_list net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1709 [inline]
mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit+0xe10/0x1630 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1750
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 [inline]

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Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.11 5.15.179

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 Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1066.68 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-64.67 USN-7651-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1032.34 USN-7651-1
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 6.8.0-1033.35 USN-7651-4
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 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1015.17 USN-7651-3
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 6.8.0-1029.29 USN-7651-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-64.67.1 USN-7651-2
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 6.8.0-1031.34 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1010.10 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1031.34.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1022.22 USN-7521-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1031.31 USN-7651-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1029.30 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1031.35 USN-7651-6
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-140.150 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1084.91 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1089.98 USN-7510-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1 USN-7737-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1089.98.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1083.92 USN-7511-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1 USN-7651-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1081.87 USN-7511-3, USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1066.74 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-64.67~22.04.1 USN-7653-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1076.79 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1 USN-7651-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1079.85 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1080.85 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1 USN-7651-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1078.79 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1031.34~22.04.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1037.37 USN-7510-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1026.26 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1029.30~22.04.1 USN-7651-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1078.81 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1050.54 USN-7602-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1084.91~20.04.1 USN-7510-8
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1089.98~20.04.1 USN-7510-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1083.92~20.04.1 USN-7512-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1076.79~20.04.1 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1079.85~20.04.1 USN-7510-7
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-140.150~20.04.1 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1081.87~20.04.1 USN-7510-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1079.83~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2026.27 USN-7651-5
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1025.26 USN-7652-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1077.79 USN-7510-4
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1084.93 USN-7510-4
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1025.26~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1084.91+fips1 USN-7510-6
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1089.98+fips1 USN-7510-5
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-140.150+fips1 USN-7510-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1083.92+fips1 USN-7511-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-142.152~20.04.1 USN-7593-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1039.39~20.04.1 —
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 +6 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-29.1.21.7 SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_7 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20355-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20355-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20354-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-29.1.21.7 SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_7 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20344-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20344-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-29.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20343-1
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-RT_Update_1 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01972-1
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 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_11 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01972-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1

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

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.179.1-1 —

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 48

References