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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 6, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 11, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: pm: in-kernel: always set ID as avail when rm endp

Syzkaller managed to find a combination of actions that was generating
this warning:

WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at __mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535
WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at mptcp_pm_nl_fullmesh net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1446 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535
WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags_all net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1474 [inline], CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535
WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 at mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags+0x5de/0x640 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1538, CPU#1: syz.7.48/2535
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2535 Comm: syz.7.48 Not tainted 6.18.0-03987-gea5f5e676cf5 #17 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 25.10 PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1074 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_fullmesh net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1446 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags_all net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1474 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags+0x5de/0x640 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1538
Code: 89 c7 e8 c5 8c 73 fe e9 f7 fd ff ff 49 83 ef 80 e8 b7 8c 73 fe 4c 89 ff be 03 00 00 00 e8 4a 29 e3 fe eb ac e8 a3 8c 73 fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 3d ff ff ff e8 95 8c 73 fe b8 a1 ff ff ff eb 1a e8 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc9001535b820 EFLAGS: 00010287
netdevsim0: tun_chr_ioctl cmd 1074025677
RAX: ffffffff82da294d RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000080000
RDX: ffffc900096d0000 RSI: 00000000000006d6 RDI: 00000000000006d7
netdevsim0: linktype set to 823
RBP: ffff88802cdb2240 R08: 00000000000104ae R09: ffffffffffffffff
R10: ffffffff82da27d4 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff88801246d8c0 R14: ffffc9001535b8b8 R15: ffff88802cdb1800
FS: 00007fc6ac5a76c0(0000) GS:ffff8880f90c8000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
netlink: 'syz.3.50': attribute type 5 has an invalid length.
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
netlink: 1232 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `syz.3.50'.
CR2: 0000200000010000 CR3: 0000000025b1a000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:

mptcp_pm_set_flags net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:277 [inline]
mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags_doit+0x1d7/0x210 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:282
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x117/0x180 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x3a8/0x3f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x16d/0x240 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x3e9/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
netlink_sendmsg+0x4ab/0x5b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0xc9/0xf0 net/socket.c:733
____sys_sendmsg+0x272/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2608
___sys_sendmsg+0x2de/0x320 net/socket.c:2662
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2694 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2699 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2697 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2697
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xed/0x360 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fc6adb66f6d
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fc6ac5a6ff8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fc6addf5fa0 RCX: 00007fc6adb66f6d
RDX: 0000000000048084 RSI: 00002000000002c0 RDI: 000000000000000e
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000000
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 6, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 6, 2026
Last updated May 11, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(1st percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2026-43252

GHSA ID

GHSA-h3c3-pp9v-wf35

Source code

No known source code

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