CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-97566
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: pm: kernel: drop pending ADD_ADDR when removing ID0
The in-kernel MPTCP path manager can leave a stale ADD_ADDR announcement
entry alive when removing the id 0 endpoint. This happens because the id 0
removal path does not tear down pending announcements, unlike the non-zero
id path.
When the PM later reselects id 0 after adding another signal endpoint, it
finds the stale anno_list entry and hits WARN_ON_ONCE(mptcp_pm_is_kernel())
in mptcp_pm_announced_alloc().
Root cause: asymmetry between removal paths.
- Non-zero id path: mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr() calls
mptcp_pm_remove_announced() to clean up.
- Id 0 path: mptcp_nl_remove_id_zero_address() skips cleanup entirely.
Fix by making the id 0 path symmetric: call mptcp_pm_announced_remove()
and decrement add_addr_signaled before queuing the RM_ADDR.
Subtle detail: signal endpoints are stored in anno_list with port 0, but
msk_local carries the connection's local port. In other words, entries
linked to ID0 paths should have port == 0. A follow-up patch will ensure
that. mptcp_pm_announced_remove() uses use_port=true for comparison. So
clear the port before the lookup.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/189d60057e5f3d6a62e3d71a3cc428c9150bc14f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac7d6e620764f1fc79eb4edd3610a7a661981ca git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/545616b4e7325be3c61fc082538cb06d14f7b1db git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bacf23e7c9876c9f4170166b3597cb22ea3ed39b git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a67a880654e1bfe318a31bea0bdbb026a09ade git.kernel.org