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CVE-2026-23169

Published: Feb 14, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
141694df6573b49aa4143c92556544b4b0bbda72 - < 338d40bab283da2639780ee3e458fb61f1567d8c
affected
141694df6573b49aa4143c92556544b4b0bbda72 - < 7896dbe990d56d5bb8097863b2645355633665eb
affected
141694df6573b49aa4143c92556544b4b0bbda72 - < 455e882192c9833f176f3fbbbb2f036b6c5bf555
affected
141694df6573b49aa4143c92556544b4b0bbda72 - < 51223bdd0f60b06cfc7f25885c4d4be917adba94
affected
141694df6573b49aa4143c92556544b4b0bbda72 - < 1f1b9523527df02685dde603f20ff6e603d8e4a1

+1 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
5.11
unaffected
0 - < 5.11
unaffected
5.15.201 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
6.1.164 - <= 6.1.*
unaffected
6.6.125 - <= 6.6.*

+3 more versions

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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