CVE-2026-23169

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
14/02/2026
Last modified:
14/02/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()<br /> <br /> syzbot and Eulgyu Kim reported crashes in mptcp_pm_nl_get_local_id()<br /> and/or mptcp_pm_nl_is_backup()<br /> <br /> Root cause is list_splice_init() in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()<br /> which is not RCU ready.<br /> <br /> list_splice_init_rcu() can not be called here while holding pernet-&gt;lock<br /> spinlock.<br /> <br /> Many thanks to Eulgyu Kim for providing a repro and testing our patches.

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