5.5

CVE-2025-23145

mptcp: fix NULL pointer in can_accept_new_subflow

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

mptcp: fix NULL pointer in can_accept_new_subflow

When testing valkey benchmark tool with MPTCP, the kernel panics in
'mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow' because subflow_req->msk is NULL.

Call trace:

  mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow (./net/mptcp/subflow.c:63 (discriminator 4)) (P)
  subflow_syn_recv_sock (./net/mptcp/subflow.c:854)
  tcp_check_req (./net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c:863)
  tcp_v4_rcv (./net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2268)
  ip_protocol_deliver_rcu (./net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207)
  ip_local_deliver_finish (./net/ipv4/ip_input.c:234)
  ip_local_deliver (./net/ipv4/ip_input.c:254)
  ip_rcv_finish (./net/ipv4/ip_input.c:449)
  ...

According to the debug log, the same req received two SYN-ACK in a very
short time, very likely because the client retransmits the syn ack due
to multiple reasons.

Even if the packets are transmitted with a relevant time interval, they
can be processed by the server on different CPUs concurrently). The
'subflow_req->msk' ownership is transferred to the subflow the first,
and there will be a risk of a null pointer dereference here.

This patch fixes this issue by moving the 'subflow_req->msk' under the
`own_req == true` conditional.

Note that the !msk check in subflow_hmac_valid() can be dropped, because
the same check already exists under the own_req mpj branch where the
code has been moved to.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.9 < 5.10.237
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.181
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.135
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.88
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.24
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.13.12
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.14 < 6.14.3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.18% 0.073
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/855bf0aacd51fced11ea9aa0d5101ee0febaeadb
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9ae060ed64aef8f174c5f1ea513825b1be9af1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc81e41a307df523072186b241fa8244fecd7803
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efd58a8dd9e7a709a90ee486a4247c923d27296f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b2649b9717678aeb097893cc49f59311a1ecab0
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443041deb5ef6a1289a99ed95015ec7442f141dc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf7fef1bb2ffea7792bcbf71ca00216cecc725d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3088bd2a6790c8efff139d86d7a9d0b1305977b
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
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