CVE-2026-23169

mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()

High · published February 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()

syzbot and Eulgyu Kim reported crashes in mptcp_pm_nl_get_local_id()

and/or mptcp_pm_nl_is_backup()

Root cause is list_splice_init() in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()

which is not RCU ready.

list_splice_init_rcu() can not be called here while holding pernet->lock

spinlock.

Many thanks to Eulgyu Kim for providing a repro and testing our patches.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00144 · 3.4th percentile
Published
2026-02-14T16:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 FEB 16:01Z
    mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
    cvelistv5