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Unscored CVE-2025-71144 EUVD-2026-2482GHSA-5xhg-pwmp-mxj2

mptcp: ensure context reset on disconnect()

Published Jan 14, 2026 · Updated May 23, 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-6.17 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-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.17 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-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-6.17 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-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.17 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-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-6.17 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-6.17 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-6.17 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-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.17 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-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.17 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 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

mptcp: ensure context reset on disconnect()

After the blamed commit below, if the MPC subflow is already in TCP_CLOSE
status or has fallback to TCP at mptcp_disconnect() time,
mptcp_do_fastclose() skips setting the `send_fastclose flag` and the later
__mptcp_close_ssk() does not reset anymore the related subflow context.

Any later connection will be created with both the `request_mptcp` flag
and the msk-level fallback status off (it is unconditionally cleared at
MPTCP disconnect time), leading to a warning in subflow_data_ready():

WARNING: CPU: 26 PID: 8996 at net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13))
Modules linked in:
CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 8996 Comm: syz.22.39 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7-05427-g11fc074f6c36 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13))
Code: 90 0f 0b 90 90 e9 04 fe ff ff e8 b7 1e f5 fe 89 ee bf 07 00 00 00 e8 db 19 f5 fe 83 fd 07 0f 84 35 ff ff ff e8 9d 1e f5 fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 27 ff ff ff e8 8f 1e f5 fe 4c 89 e7 48 89 de e8 14 09
RSP: 0018:ffffc9002646fb30 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88813b218000 RCX: ffffffff825c8435
RDX: ffff8881300b3580 RSI: ffffffff825c8443 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 000000000000000b R08: ffffffff825c8435 R09: 000000000000000b
R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffff888131ac0000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f88330af6c0(0000) GS:ffff888a93dd2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f88330aefe8 CR3: 000000010ff59000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
tcp_data_ready (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5356)
tcp_data_queue (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5445)
tcp_rcv_state_process (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:7165)
tcp_v4_do_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1955)
__release_sock (include/net/sock.h:1158 (discriminator 6) net/core/sock.c:3180 (discriminator 6))
release_sock (net/core/sock.c:3737)
mptcp_sendmsg (net/mptcp/protocol.c:1763 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1857)
inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:853 (discriminator 7))
__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:2244 (discriminator 15))
__x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2247)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1))
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
RIP: 0033:0x7f883326702d

Address the issue setting an explicit `fastclosing` flag at fastclose
time, and checking such flag after mptcp_do_fastclose().

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.1.159 – < 6.1.164, 6.6.119 – < 6.6.120, 6.12.60 – < 6.12.65, 6.17.10 – < 6.18, 6.18 6.1.164

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 6.18.5-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.69-1 DSA-6126-1
Debian 12 linux 6.1.164-1 DSA-6163-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.164-1~deb11u1 DLA-4499-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux 6.17.0-29.29 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-aws +1 6.17.0-1015.15 USN-8310-1, USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-gcp 6.17.0-1018.19 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-oracle 6.17.0-1014.14 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-raspi 6.17.0-1017.17 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-realtime 6.17.0-1013.15 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-riscv 6.17.0-29.29.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-110.110 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1052.55 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.17 6.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1054.60 USN-8258-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1 USN-8310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1054.57 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1 USN-8374-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1050.56 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1037.40 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-29.29~24.04.1 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1051.51 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-110.110.1 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1051.54 USN-8185-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1026.26 USN-8508-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1051.54.1 USN-8185-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-8265-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1023.23 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1049.50 USN-8203-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1 USN-8277-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1052.56 USN-8179-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.17 6.17.0-29.29.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1 USN-8440-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1 USN-8179-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-110.110~22.04.1 USN-8179-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1 USN-8179-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1 USN-8179-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1 USN-8185-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1 USN-8203-1
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 —
Show 4 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 6.8.0-2042.43 USN-8204-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1047.48 USN-8184-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1013.15~24.04.1 USN-8277-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1047.48~22.04.1 USN-8184-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1052.55+fips1 USN-8179-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1053.59+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-110.110+fips2 USN-8179-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1054.57+fips1 USN-8179-2

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.66-88.122 +1 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1491, ALAS2023-2026-1488
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 1:6.1.164-196.303.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1491
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +14 1:6.12.66-88.122.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1488

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-109.67.6.el10uek ELSA-2026-50144

Advisories 24

References