In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown
As reported by Christoph after having refactored the passive
socket initialization, the mptcp listener shutdown path is prone
to an UaF issue.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0
Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810cb23098 by task syz-executor731/1266
CPU: 1 PID: 1266 Comm: syz-executor731 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc59af4eaa31c1f6c00c8f1e448ed99a45c66340dd5 #6
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x91
print_report+0x16a/0x46f
kasan_report+0xad/0x130
kasan_check_range+0x14a/0x1a0
_raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0
subflow_error_report+0x6d/0x110
sk_error_report+0x3b/0x190
tcp_disconnect+0x138c/0x1aa0
inet_child_forget+0x6f/0x2e0
inet_csk_listen_stop+0x209/0x1060
__mptcp_close_ssk+0x52d/0x610
mptcp_destroy_common+0x165/0x640
mptcp_destroy+0x13/0x80
__mptcp_destroy_sock+0xe7/0x270
__mptcp_close+0x70e/0x9b0
mptcp_close+0x2b/0x150
inet_release+0xe9/0x1f0
__sock_release+0xd2/0x280
sock_close+0x15/0x20
__fput+0x252/0xa20
task_work_run+0x169/0x250
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x113/0x120
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40
do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc
The msk grace period can legitly expire in between the last
reference count dropped in mptcp_subflow_queue_clean() and
the later eventual access in inet_csk_listen_stop()
After the previous patch we don't need anymore special-casing
msk listener socket cleanup: the mptcp worker will process each
of the unaccepted msk sockets.
Just drop the now unnecessary code.
Please note this commit depends on the two parent ones:
mptcp: refactor passive socket initialization
mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-28). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it