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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2026· Updated Apr 3, 2026

CVE-2026-23169

CVE-2026-23169

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.

Affected products

8
  • Linux/Kernel8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.11,<5.15.201
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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