High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89554
mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction
8.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 before 4534e0eead692bb069ad1e6a5a245fc2e2078300; 9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 before 63cacb05e51a1c6e1349d2e593d00fd6ef43def4; 9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 before 954b5ea836eb118d188975ced803448537ab8479; 9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 before 9df36a4846375a9b75bf42d77bfed216b0f366f9; 9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 before 64f2c5dd49b956a542c8c02b8dad5d262a462bba; 9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 before 51887ccd88791ddaa8755a7c614fda031ecf7982; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89554
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89554
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4534e0eead692bb069ad1e6a5a245fc2e2078300
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51887ccd88791ddaa8755a7c614fda031ecf7982
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63cacb05e51a1c6e1349d2e593d00fd6ef43def4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f2c5dd49b956a542c8c02b8dad5d262a462bba
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/954b5ea836eb118d188975ced803448537ab8479
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df36a4846375a9b75bf42d77bfed216b0f366f9
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