CVE-2025-68221 (GCVE-0-2025-68221)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-16 13:57
Modified
2025-12-16 13:57
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix address removal logic in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr Fix inverted WARN_ON_ONCE condition that prevented normal address removal counter updates. The current code only executes decrement logic when the counter is already 0 (abnormal state), while normal removals (counter > 0) are ignored.
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Linux Linux Version: 63611391850850bf27f81afb0d0b6d1237a34006
Version: 63611391850850bf27f81afb0d0b6d1237a34006
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