CVE-2026-23169

medium

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a9eeb69f7d4ca4cf4c70463af77664fdb6ab1d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7896dbe990d56d5bb8097863b2645355633665eb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51223bdd0f60b06cfc7f25885c4d4be917adba94

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455e882192c9833f176f3fbbbb2f036b6c5bf555

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/338d40bab283da2639780ee3e458fb61f1567d8c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f1b9523527df02685dde603f20ff6e603d8e4a1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-14

Updated: 2026-03-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018