FKIE_CVE-2025-40258
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-04 16:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:21
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work()
syzbot reported use-after-free in mptcp_schedule_work() [1]
Issue here is that mptcp_schedule_work() schedules a work,
then gets a refcount on sk->sk_refcnt if the work was scheduled.
This refcount will be released by mptcp_worker().
[A] if (schedule_work(...)) {
[B] sock_hold(sk);
return true;
}
Problem is that mptcp_worker() can run immediately and complete before [B]
We need instead :
sock_hold(sk);
if (schedule_work(...))
return true;
sock_put(sk);
[1]
refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 29 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:25
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:-1 [inline]
__refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:366 [inline]
refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:383 [inline]
sock_hold include/net/sock.h:816 [inline]
mptcp_schedule_work+0x164/0x1a0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:943
mptcp_tout_timer+0x21/0xa0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2316
call_timer_fn+0x17e/0x5f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1747
expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1798 [inline]
__run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2372 [inline]
__run_timer_base+0x648/0x970 kernel/time/timer.c:2384
run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2393 [inline]
run_timer_softirq+0xb7/0x180 kernel/time/timer.c:2403
handle_softirqs+0x22f/0x710 kernel/softirq.c:622
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]
run_ktimerd+0xcf/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:1138
smpboot_thread_fn+0x542/0xa60 kernel/smpboot.c:160
kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463
ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"net/mptcp/protocol.c"
],
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}
]
},
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],
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"vendor": "Linux",
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"version": "5.7"
},
{
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"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.247",
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},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.197",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.159",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.118",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.60",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.17.10",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
},
{
"affectedData": [
{
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"product": "RUGGEDCOM RST2428P",
"vendor": "Siemens",
"versions": [
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "custom"
}
]
}
],
"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work()\n\nsyzbot reported use-after-free in mptcp_schedule_work() [1]\n\nIssue here is that mptcp_schedule_work() schedules a work,\nthen gets a refcount on sk-\u003esk_refcnt if the work was scheduled.\nThis refcount will be released by mptcp_worker().\n\n[A] if (schedule_work(...)) {\n[B] sock_hold(sk);\n return true;\n }\n\nProblem is that mptcp_worker() can run immediately and complete before [B]\n\nWe need instead :\n\n sock_hold(sk);\n if (schedule_work(...))\n return true;\n sock_put(sk);\n\n[1]\nrefcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\n WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 29 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0xfa/0x1d0 lib/refcount.c:25\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:-1 [inline]\n __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:366 [inline]\n refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:383 [inline]\n sock_hold include/net/sock.h:816 [inline]\n mptcp_schedule_work+0x164/0x1a0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:943\n mptcp_tout_timer+0x21/0xa0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2316\n call_timer_fn+0x17e/0x5f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1747\n expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1798 [inline]\n __run_timers kernel/time/timer.c:2372 [inline]\n __run_timer_base+0x648/0x970 kernel/time/timer.c:2384\n run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2393 [inline]\n run_timer_softirq+0xb7/0x180 kernel/time/timer.c:2403\n handle_softirqs+0x22f/0x710 kernel/softirq.c:622\n __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]\n run_ktimerd+0xcf/0x190 kernel/softirq.c:1138\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x542/0xa60 kernel/smpboot.c:160\n kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463\n ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245"
}
],
"id": "CVE-2025-40258",
"lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:32.757",
"metrics": {
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"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2026-06-16T19:42:15.474459Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
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},
"published": "2025-12-04T16:16:19.640",
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"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e",
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