CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-46158

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-28 Modified 2026-09-14 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-05-28
Last modified
2026-09-14
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount When an ADD_ADDR is retransmitted, the sk is held in sk_reset_timer(). It should then be released in all cases at the end. Some (unlikely) checks were returning directly instead of calling sock_put() to decrease the refcount. Jump to a new 'exit' label to call __sock_put() (which will become sock_put() in the next commit) to fix this potential leak. While at it, drop the '!msk' check which cannot happen because it is never reset, and explicitly mark the remaining one as "unlikely".

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 5.10 < 6.6.142) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.92) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.30) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.7) • linux linux kernel 7.1

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