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  - mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() syzbot reported use-after-free in mptcp_schedule_work()     [1] Issue here is that mptcp_schedule_work() schedules a work, then gets a refcount on sk->sk_refcnt if     the work was scheduled. This refcount will be released by mptcp_worker(). [A] if (schedule_work(...)) {     [B] sock_hold(sk); return true; } Problem is that mptcp_worker() can run immediately and complete before     [B] We need instead : sock_hold(sk); if (schedule_work(...)) return true; sock_put(sk); [1] refcount_t:
    addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 29 at lib/refcount.c:25     refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:25 Call Trace: <TASK> __refcount_add     include/linux/refcount.h:-1 [inline] __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:366 [inline] refcount_inc     include/linux/refcount.h:383 [inline] sock_hold include/net/sock.h:816 [inline]     mptcp_schedule_work+0x164/0x1a0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:943 mptcp_tout_timer+0x21/0xa0     net/mptcp/protocol.c:2316 call_timer_fn+0x17e/0x5f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1747 expire_timers     kernel/time/timer.c:1798 [inline] __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2372 [inline]
    __run_timer_base+0x648/0x970 kernel/time/timer.c:2384 run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2393 [inline]     run_timer_softirq+0xb7/0x180 kernel/time/timer.c:2403 handle_softirqs+0x22f/0x710 kernel/softirq.c:622
    __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline] run_ktimerd+0xcf/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:1138     smpboot_thread_fn+0x542/0xa60 kernel/smpboot.c:160 kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463     ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30     arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 (CVE-2025-40258)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40258

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