CVE-2026-46158

CVE-2026-46158

Medium · published May 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount

When an ADD_ADDR is retransmitted, the sk is held in sk_reset_timer().

It should then be released in all cases at the end.

Some (unlikely) checks were returning directly instead of calling

sock_put() to decrease the refcount. Jump to a new 'exit' label to call

__sock_put() (which will become sock_put() in the next commit) to fix

this potential leak.

While at it, drop the '!msk' check which cannot happen because it is

never reset, and explicitly mark the remaining one as "unlikely".

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00128 · 2.2th percentile
Published
2026-05-28T14:16Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 6.6.1426.6.142
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.926.12.92
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.306.18.30
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.77.0.7
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAY 09:36Z
    mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount
    cvelistv5