CVE-2022-49669

mptcp: fix race on unaccepted mptcp sockets

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2025 at 02:24 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix race on unaccepted mptcp sockets When the listener socket owning the relevant request is closed, it frees the unaccepted subflows and that causes later deletion of the paired MPTCP sockets. The mptcp socket's worker can run in the time interval between such delete operations. When that happens, any access to msk->first will cause an UaF access, as the subflow cleanup did not cleared such field in the mptcp socket. Address the issue explicitly traversing the listener socket accept queue at close time and performing the needed cleanup on the pending msk. Note that the locking is a bit tricky, as we need to acquire the msk socket lock, while still owning the subflow socket one.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.17 ≤ v < 5.18.105.17 ≤ v < 5.195.19 rc15.19 rc25.19 rc35.19 rc486e39e04482b0aadf3ee3ed5fcf2d63816559d36
Vendor states this is fixed in 6aeed9045071f2252ff4e98fc13d1e304f33e5b0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a8a3e95c74e48c2c9b07b81fafda9122993f2e12 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aeed9045071f2252ff4e98fc13d1e304f33e5b0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a3e95c74e48c2c9b07b81fafda9122993f2e12

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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