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

mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown

As reported by Christoph after having refactored the passive
socket initialization, the mptcp listener shutdown path is prone
to an UaF issue.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0
Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810cb23098 by task syz-executor731/1266

CPU: 1 PID: 1266 Comm: syz-executor731 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc59af4eaa31c1f6c00c8f1e448ed99a45c66340dd5 #6
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x91
print_report+0x16a/0x46f
kasan_report+0xad/0x130
kasan_check_range+0x14a/0x1a0
_raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0
subflow_error_report+0x6d/0x110
sk_error_report+0x3b/0x190
tcp_disconnect+0x138c/0x1aa0
inet_child_forget+0x6f/0x2e0
inet_csk_listen_stop+0x209/0x1060
__mptcp_close_ssk+0x52d/0x610
mptcp_destroy_common+0x165/0x640
mptcp_destroy+0x13/0x80
__mptcp_destroy_sock+0xe7/0x270
__mptcp_close+0x70e/0x9b0
mptcp_close+0x2b/0x150
inet_release+0xe9/0x1f0
__sock_release+0xd2/0x280
sock_close+0x15/0x20
__fput+0x252/0xa20
task_work_run+0x169/0x250
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x113/0x120
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40
do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

The msk grace period can legitly expire in between the last
reference count dropped in mptcp_subflow_queue_clean() and
the later eventual access in inet_csk_listen_stop()

After the previous patch we don't need anymore special-casing
msk listener socket cleanup: the mptcp worker will process each
of the unaccepted msk sockets.

Just drop the now unnecessary code.

Please note this commit depends on the two parent ones:

mptcp: refactor passive socket initialization
mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets
Published: 2025-05-02
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-13172 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown As reported by Christoph after having refactored the passive socket initialization, the mptcp listener shutdown path is prone to an UaF issue. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810cb23098 by task syz-executor731/1266 CPU: 1 PID: 1266 Comm: syz-executor731 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc59af4eaa31c1f6c00c8f1e448ed99a45c66340dd5 #6 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x91 print_report+0x16a/0x46f kasan_report+0xad/0x130 kasan_check_range+0x14a/0x1a0 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0 subflow_error_report+0x6d/0x110 sk_error_report+0x3b/0x190 tcp_disconnect+0x138c/0x1aa0 inet_child_forget+0x6f/0x2e0 inet_csk_listen_stop+0x209/0x1060 __mptcp_close_ssk+0x52d/0x610 mptcp_destroy_common+0x165/0x640 mptcp_destroy+0x13/0x80 __mptcp_destroy_sock+0xe7/0x270 __mptcp_close+0x70e/0x9b0 mptcp_close+0x2b/0x150 inet_release+0xe9/0x1f0 __sock_release+0xd2/0x280 sock_close+0x15/0x20 __fput+0x252/0xa20 task_work_run+0x169/0x250 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x113/0x120 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc The msk grace period can legitly expire in between the last reference count dropped in mptcp_subflow_queue_clean() and the later eventual access in inet_csk_listen_stop() After the previous patch we don't need anymore special-casing msk listener socket cleanup: the mptcp worker will process each of the unaccepted msk sockets. Just drop the now unnecessary code. Please note this commit depends on the two parent ones: mptcp: refactor passive socket initialization mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets
History

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Mon, 05 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 02 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown As reported by Christoph after having refactored the passive socket initialization, the mptcp listener shutdown path is prone to an UaF issue. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88810cb23098 by task syz-executor731/1266 CPU: 1 PID: 1266 Comm: syz-executor731 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc59af4eaa31c1f6c00c8f1e448ed99a45c66340dd5 #6 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x91 print_report+0x16a/0x46f kasan_report+0xad/0x130 kasan_check_range+0x14a/0x1a0 _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x73/0xe0 subflow_error_report+0x6d/0x110 sk_error_report+0x3b/0x190 tcp_disconnect+0x138c/0x1aa0 inet_child_forget+0x6f/0x2e0 inet_csk_listen_stop+0x209/0x1060 __mptcp_close_ssk+0x52d/0x610 mptcp_destroy_common+0x165/0x640 mptcp_destroy+0x13/0x80 __mptcp_destroy_sock+0xe7/0x270 __mptcp_close+0x70e/0x9b0 mptcp_close+0x2b/0x150 inet_release+0xe9/0x1f0 __sock_release+0xd2/0x280 sock_close+0x15/0x20 __fput+0x252/0xa20 task_work_run+0x169/0x250 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x113/0x120 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc The msk grace period can legitly expire in between the last reference count dropped in mptcp_subflow_queue_clean() and the later eventual access in inet_csk_listen_stop() After the previous patch we don't need anymore special-casing msk listener socket cleanup: the mptcp worker will process each of the unaccepted msk sockets. Just drop the now unnecessary code. Please note this commit depends on the two parent ones: mptcp: refactor passive socket initialization mptcp: use the workqueue to destroy unaccepted sockets
Title mptcp: fix UaF in listener shutdown
References

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:38:17.843Z

Reserved: 2025-05-02T15:51:43.551Z

Link: CVE-2023-53088

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-02T16:15:27.760

Modified: 2025-11-12T21:06:51.860

Link: CVE-2023-53088

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53088 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:15:10Z

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