mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction mptcp_token_join_cookie_init_state() restores remote_nonce, local_nonce, backup, join_id, token and msk from the saved cookie entry when rebuilding the request socket for a MP_JOIN 4th-ACK handled under SYN cookies, but it does not restore local_id, even though the SYN path saved it. subflow_ulp_clone() then reads that uninitialized field and stores it as the joined subflow's address-ID. Because the request-sock slab is SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and not zeroed on allocation, the value is the stale byte of a previously freed request socket, which an off-path peer can influence by sending concurrent MP_JOIN SYNs. This corrupts the path manager's id-based subflow bookkeeping for the connection. Restore subflow_req->local_id from the cookie entry, as done for the other fields.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 6.6.157, 7.2.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-89554
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 03:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 11 Sept 2026, 19:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction mptcp_token_join_cookie_init_state() restores remote_nonce, local_nonce, backup, join_id, token and msk from the saved cookie entry when rebuilding the request socket for a MP_JOIN 4th-ACK handled under SYN cookies, but it does not restore local_id, even though the SYN path saved it. subflow_ulp_clone() then reads that uninitialized field and stores it as the joined subflow's address-ID. Because the request-sock slab is SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and not zeroed on allocation, the value is the stale byte of a previously freed request socket, which an off-path peer can influence by sending concurrent MP_JOIN SYNs. This corrupts the path manager's id-based subflow bookkeeping for the connection. Restore subflow_req->local_id from the cookie entry, as done for the other fields.
osv:CVE-2026-89554
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4
Complete source record
{
"id": "c4512c9b6baf4731200796249f0336ce28c97a922861b41ca51c721a267706a1",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-89554",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction",
"summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction mptcp_token_join_cookie_init_state() restores remote_nonce, local_nonce, backup, join_id, token and msk from the saved cookie entry when rebuilding the request socket for a MP_JOIN 4th-ACK handled under SYN cookies, but it does not restore local_id, even though the SYN path saved it. subflow_ulp_clone() then reads that uninitialized field and stores it as the joined subflow's address-ID. Because the request-sock slab is SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and not zeroed on allocation, the value is the stale byte of a previously freed request socket, which an off-path peer can influence by sending concurrent MP_JOIN SYNs. This corrupts the path manager's id-based subflow bookkeeping for the connection. Restore subflow_req->local_id from the cookie entry, as done for the other fields.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-89554",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "Kernel",
"evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "5.10.270",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
},
{
"value": "5.15.221",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
},
{
"value": "6.1.188",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
},
{
"value": "6.6.157",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
},
{
"value": "6.12.109",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
},
{
"value": "6.18.50",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
},
{
"value": "7.2.4",
"evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "high",
"structured": {
"id": "CVE-2026-89554",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-89554"
],
"metrics": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H"
}
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"type": "GIT",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8"
},
{
"fixed": "4534e0eead692bb069ad1e6a5a245fc2e2078300"
},
{
"fixed": "63cacb05e51a1c6e1349d2e593d00fd6ef43def4"
},
{
"fixed": "954b5ea836eb118d188975ced803448537ab8479"
},
{
"fixed": "9df36a4846375a9b75bf42d77bfed216b0f366f9"
},
{
"fixed": "64f2c5dd49b956a542c8c02b8dad5d262a462bba"
},
{
"fixed": "51887ccd88791ddaa8755a7c614fda031ecf7982"
},
{
"fixed": "bf19d166337c6488b39cb03eeeffb30a941d6326"
},
{
"fixed": "b878dfdd12d7a5b8722a78d35e313506140ca3d9"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89554.json"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.9.0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.10.270"
}
]
},
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.11.0"
},
{
"fixed": "5.15.221"
}
]
},
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.16.0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.1.188"
}
]
},
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.2.0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.6.157"
}
]
},
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.7.0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.12.109"
}
]
},
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.13.0"
},
{
"fixed": "6.18.50"
}
]
},
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.19.0"
},
{
"fixed": "7.2.4"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "Kernel",
"ecosystem": "Linux"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-89554.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.477312519Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4534e0eead692bb069ad1e6a5a245fc2e2078300",
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51887ccd88791ddaa8755a7c614fda031ecf7982",
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63cacb05e51a1c6e1349d2e593d00fd6ef43def4",
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f2c5dd49b956a542c8c02b8dad5d262a462bba",
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/954b5ea836eb118d188975ced803448537ab8479",
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df36a4846375a9b75bf42d77bfed216b0f366f9",
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b878dfdd12d7a5b8722a78d35e313506140ca3d9",
"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf19d166337c6488b39cb03eeeffb30a941d6326",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89554.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89554",
"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
],
"provider_metadata": {
"cna_assigner": "Linux",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89554.json"
}
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2026-89554",
"evidence": "/id"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 492145,
"published_at": "2026-09-11T19:44:27.586+00:00"
}