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tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times Apparently, mptcp is able to call tcp_disconnect() on an already disconnected flow. This is generally fine, unless current congestion control is CDG, because it might trigger a double-free [1] Instead of fixing MPTCP, and future bugs, we can make tcp_disconnect() more resilient. [1] BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3539 [inline] BUG: KASAN: double-free in kfree+0xe2/0x580 mm/slub.c:4567 CPU: 0 PID: 3645 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-02734-g0326074ff465 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022 Workqueue: events mptcp_worker Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline] print_report.cold+0x2ba/0x719 mm/kasan/report.c:433 kasan_report_invalid_free+0x81/0x190 mm/kasan/report.c:462 ____kasan_slab_free+0x18b/0x1c0 mm/kasan/common.c:356 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:200 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1759 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x8b/0x1c0 mm/slub.c:1785 slab_free mm/slub.c:3539 [inline] kfree+0xe2/0x580 mm/slub.c:4567 tcp_disconnect+0x980/0x1e20 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3145 __mptcp_close_ssk+0x5ca/0x7e0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2327 mptcp_do_fastclose net/mptcp/protocol.c:2592 [inline] mptcp_worker+0x78c/0xff0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2627 process_one_work+0x99

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.14.300, 4.19.267, 4.9.334, 5.10.156, 5.15.80, 5.4.225, 6.0.10
CVEs
CVE-2022-49775
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 11:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2025, 14:09 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times Apparently, mptcp is able to call tcp_disconnect() on an already disconnected flow. This is generally fine, unless current congestion control is CDG, because it might trigger a double-free [1] Instead of fixing MPTCP, and future bugs, we can make tcp_disconnect() more resilient. [1] BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3539 [inline] BUG: KASAN: double-free in kfree+0xe2/0x580 mm/slub.c:4567 CPU: 0 PID: 3645 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-02734-g0326074ff465 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022 Workqueue: events mptcp_worker Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline] print_report.cold+0x2ba/0x719 mm/kasan/report.c:433 kasan_report_invalid_free+0x81/0x190 mm/kasan/report.c:462 ____kasan_slab_free+0x18b/0x1c0 mm/kasan/common.c:356 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:200 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1759 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x8b/0x1c0 mm/slub.c:1785 slab_free mm/slub.c:3539 [inline] kfree+0xe2/0x580 mm/slub.c:4567 tcp_disconnect+0x980/0x1e20 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3145 __mptcp_close_ssk+0x5ca/0x7e0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2327 mptcp_do_fastclose net/mptcp/protocol.c:2592 [inline] mptcp_worker+0x78c/0xff0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2627 process_one_work+0x99

osv:CVE-2022-49775

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.9.334, 4.14.300, 4.19.267, 5.4.225, 5.10.156, 5.15.80, 6.0.10

Complete source record
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