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CVE-2026-68169 json

mptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id

published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-11-06 2 d ago also EUVD-2026-55555

cvss
—
not scored
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

mptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id

In mptcp_pm_userspace_get_local_id(), the address entry is looked up under spinlock, but its id is read after dropping the lock. A concurrent deletion can free the entry between the unlock and the read, leading to UAF.

The race window is narrow. It was reproduced only with a locally constructed stress test that repeatedly overlaps an MP_JOIN SYN with a MPTCP_PM_CMD_SUBFLOW_DESTROY request.

However, the KASAN report below confirms that the race is reachable:

[ 666.319376] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0 [ 666.319386] Read of size 1 at addr ffff888124845610 by task swapper/0/0 ... [ 666.319401] Call Trace: [ 666.319405] <IRQ> [ 666.319408] dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70 [ 666.319412] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3b0 [ 666.319418] print_report+0xbe/0x2b0 [ 666.319421] ? mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0 [ 666.319423] kasan_report+0xce/0x100 [ 666.319426] ? mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0 [ 666.319429] mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0 [ 666.319433] mptcp_pm_get_local_id+0x371/0x440 ... [ 666.319821] Allocated by task 45539: [ 666.319844] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 [ 666.319855] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 666.319858] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0 [ 666.319863] __kmalloc_noprof+0x1e7/0x520 [ 666.319867] sock_kmalloc+0xdf/0x130 [ 666.319885] sock_kmemdup+0x1b/0x40 [ 666.319888] mptcp_userspace_pm_append_new_local_addr+0x261/0x500 [ 666.319910] mptcp_pm_nl_announce_doit+0x16a/0x610 ... [ 666.319967] Freed by task 45560: [ 666.319988] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 [ 666.319991] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 [ 666.319994] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 [ 666.319998] __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 [ 666.320000] kfree+0x166/0x440 [ 666.320003] sock_kfree_s+0x1d/0x50 [ 666.320007] mptcp_userspace_pm_delete_local_addr.isra.0+0x157/0x200 [ 666.320011] mptcp_pm_nl_subflow_destroy_doit+0x51d/0xea0

Fix by copying the id into a local variable while still holding the lock, and use -1 as a "not found" sentinel.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.184, 6.6.151, 6.8, 6.12.103, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.105-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.1.6-1
  • linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.107-1~deb12u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68169

  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1008.9
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.15
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38.1
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1013.13

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68169

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-default SLES 16.0, SLE High Availability Extension 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2 +1 more 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23
  • kernel-syms SLES 16.0, Linux Micro Extras 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-azure SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-obs-qa SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1

  • kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2
  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:93413RLSA-2026:93412

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.152.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-94859

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-68169 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: mptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hidden (v. 10) kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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Sources

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