CVE-2026-97523

CVE-2026-97523

High · published September 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

mptcp: close race between scheduler and state change

The mptcp scheduler may race with subflow sockets state change: data

transmission on the selected socket may fail and a later release could

try to use mss_now reset to 0 for a divide operation.

Address the issue by explicitly checking for the critical scenario.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00670 · 51.4th percentile
Published
2026-09-25T15:17Z
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 1%
    epss
  • 25 SEP 10:21Z
    mptcp: close race between scheduler and state change
    cvelistv5