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mptcp: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in mptcp_active_enable().

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in mptcp_active_enable(). mptcp_active_enable() is called from subflow_finish_connect(), which is icsk->icsk_af_ops->sk_rx_dst_set() and it's not always under RCU. Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF. Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu().

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.55, 6.17.3
CVEs
CVE-2025-40133
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
5 Nov 2026, 01:40 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

mptcp: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in mptcp_active_enable().

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Nov 2025, 10:23 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in mptcp_active_enable(). mptcp_active_enable() is called from subflow_finish_connect(), which is icsk->icsk_af_ops->sk_rx_dst_set() and it's not always under RCU. Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF. Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu().

osv:CVE-2025-40133

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.55, 6.17.3

Complete source record
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