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

mptcp: pm: fix UaF read in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow

Syzkaller reported this splat:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow+0xb44/0xcc0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:881
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880569ac858 by task syz.1.2799/14662

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 14662 Comm: syz.1.2799 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00307-g36c254515dc6 #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline]
print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488
kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601
mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow+0xb44/0xcc0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:881
mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:914 [inline]
mptcp_nl_remove_id_zero_address+0x305/0x4a0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1572
mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x5c9/0x770 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1603
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x202/0x2f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x565/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
netlink_rcv_skb+0x165/0x410 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2551
genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1331 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1357
netlink_sendmsg+0x8b8/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:729 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:744 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x9ae/0xb40 net/socket.c:2607
___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2661
__sys_sendmsg+0x117/0x1f0 net/socket.c:2690
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:165 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0x73/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:386
do_fast_syscall_32+0x32/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:411
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e
RIP: 0023:0xf7fe4579
Code: b8 01 10 06 03 74 b4 01 10 07 03 74 b0 01 10 08 03 74 d8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 51 52 55 89 e5 0f 34 cd 80 <5d> 5a 59 c3 90 90 90 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00
RSP: 002b:00000000f574556c EFLAGS: 00000296 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000172
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000b RCX: 0000000020000140
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000296 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
</TASK>

Allocated by task 5387:
kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47
kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1014 [inline]
subflow_create_ctx+0x87/0x2a0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1803
subflow_ulp_init+0xc3/0x4d0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1956
__tcp_set_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:146 [inline]
tcp_set_ulp+0x326/0x7f0 net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:167
mptcp_subflow_create_socket+0x4ae/0x10a0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1764
__mptcp_subflow_connect+0x3cc/0x1490 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1592
mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr+0xbda/0x23a0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:642
mptcp_pm_nl_fully_established net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:650 [inline]
mptcp_pm_nl_work+0x3a1/0x4f0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:943
mptcp_worker+0x15a/0x1240 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2777
process_one_work+0x958/0x1b30 kernel/workqueue.c:3229
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3310 [inline]
worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf00 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/ke
---truncated---
Published: 2024-10-29
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4008-1 linux-6.1 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7276-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7277-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7288-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7288-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7289-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7289-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7289-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7289-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7291-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7305-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7308-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7310-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7331-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7383-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7383-2 Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7384-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7384-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7385-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7386-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7388-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7389-1 Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7390-1 Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7403-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7451-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7458-1 Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7468-1 Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7523-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7524-1 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00041}

epss

{'score': 0.00042}


Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00038}

epss

{'score': 0.00041}


Wed, 11 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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'}


Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 02:00:00 +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


Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: pm: fix UaF read in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow Syzkaller reported this splat: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow+0xb44/0xcc0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:881 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880569ac858 by task syz.1.2799/14662 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 14662 Comm: syz.1.2799 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00307-g36c254515dc6 #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601 mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow+0xb44/0xcc0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:881 mptcp_pm_nl_rm_subflow_received net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:914 [inline] mptcp_nl_remove_id_zero_address+0x305/0x4a0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1572 mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x5c9/0x770 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:1603 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x202/0x2f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x565/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210 netlink_rcv_skb+0x165/0x410 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2551 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1331 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1357 netlink_sendmsg+0x8b8/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:729 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:744 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x9ae/0xb40 net/socket.c:2607 ___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2661 __sys_sendmsg+0x117/0x1f0 net/socket.c:2690 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:165 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0x73/0x120 arch/x86/entry/common.c:386 do_fast_syscall_32+0x32/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:411 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e RIP: 0023:0xf7fe4579 Code: b8 01 10 06 03 74 b4 01 10 07 03 74 b0 01 10 08 03 74 d8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 51 52 55 89 e5 0f 34 cd 80 <5d> 5a 59 c3 90 90 90 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 RSP: 002b:00000000f574556c EFLAGS: 00000296 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000172 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000b RCX: 0000000020000140 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000296 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK> Allocated by task 5387: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:47 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:377 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:394 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1014 [inline] subflow_create_ctx+0x87/0x2a0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1803 subflow_ulp_init+0xc3/0x4d0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1956 __tcp_set_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:146 [inline] tcp_set_ulp+0x326/0x7f0 net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:167 mptcp_subflow_create_socket+0x4ae/0x10a0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1764 __mptcp_subflow_connect+0x3cc/0x1490 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1592 mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr+0xbda/0x23a0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:642 mptcp_pm_nl_fully_established net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:650 [inline] mptcp_pm_nl_work+0x3a1/0x4f0 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c:943 mptcp_worker+0x15a/0x1240 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2777 process_one_work+0x958/0x1b30 kernel/workqueue.c:3229 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3310 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf00 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/ke ---truncated---
Title mptcp: pm: fix UaF read in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow
References

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:45:09.018Z

Reserved: 2024-10-21T19:36:19.942Z

Link: CVE-2024-50085

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:25:17.336Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-10-29T01:15:05.400

Modified: 2025-11-03T23:16:48.500

Link: CVE-2024-50085

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-10-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-50085 - Bugzilla

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