linux — security advisory

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  "id": "57e387df1479079b424a3238e2fc67b1828d37e8583fb0a57a22444590894b5f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47591",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47591",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: remove tcp ulp setsockopt support TCP_ULP setsockopt cannot be used for mptcp because its already used internally to plumb subflow (tcp) sockets to the mptcp layer. syzbot managed to trigger a crash for mptcp connections that are in fallback mode: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027] CPU: 1 PID: 1083 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 RIP: 0010:tls_build_proto net/tls/tls_main.c:776 [inline] [..] __tcp_set_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:139 [inline] tcp_set_ulp+0x428/0x4c0 net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:160 do_tcp_setsockopt+0x455/0x37c0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3391 mptcp_setsockopt+0x1b47/0x2400 net/mptcp/sockopt.c:638 Remove support for TCP_ULP setsockopt.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47591",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:04:20.902333242Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2021-47591"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-47591"
      ]
    },
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-47591",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 423509,
  "published_at": "2024-06-19T15:15:53.7+00:00"
}