CVE-2021-47593
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.6-5.10.88 5.15.11-5.15.* 5.16 - NULL Pointer Dereference in MPTCP Subflow Extension
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: clear 'kern' flag from fallback sockets The mptcp ULP extension relies on sk->sk_sock_kern being set correctly: It prevents setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_ULP, "mptcp", 6); from working for plain tcp sockets (any userspace-exposed socket). But in case of fallback, accept() can return a plain tcp sk. In such case, sk is still tagged as 'kernel' and setsockopt will work. This will crash the kernel, The subflow extension has a NULL ctx->conn mptcp socket: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in subflow_data_ready+0x181/0x2b0 Call Trace: tcp_data_ready+0xf8/0x370 [..]
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
15.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux
< 5.6
Linux/Linux
5.10.88 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.11 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.16
Linux/Linux
5.6
Linux/Linux
cf7da0d66cc1a2a19fc5930bb746ffbb2d4cd1be - 451f1eded7f56e93aaf52eb547ba97742d9c0e97
Linux/Linux
cf7da0d66cc1a2a19fc5930bb746ffbb2d4cd1be - c26ac0ea3a91c210cf90452e625dc441adf3e549
Linux/Linux
cf7da0d66cc1a2a19fc5930bb746ffbb2d4cd1be - d6692b3b97bdc165d150f4c1505751a323a80717
linux/linux_kernel
5.16 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
5.6 - 5.10.88
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026