CVE-2026-97523

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42064de57fb83231fcc89663a94885f228a1ee53 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c856f3c151a2f3fa237caa651c44015916ca584 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f11430d51ff8365bc51b670bc3002b65ae4c6b7 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a09c87abf10a0a7e203137c75b5381aa63d9b31d 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-97523.json.

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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: close race between scheduler and state change\n\nThe mptcp scheduler may race with subflow sockets state change: data\ntransmission on the selected socket may fail and a later release could\ntry to use mss_now reset to 0 for a divide operation.\n\nAddress the issue by explicitly checking for the critical scenario."
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              "value": "AV:N - mptcp_push_release is reached from __mptcp_push_pending after mptcp_sched_get_send. A remote MPTCP peer changes the selected subflow's sk_state via TCP RST/FIN (tcp_v4_rcv/tcp_rcv_established/tcp_reset) without the msk lock, and a DSS DATA_ACK (mptcp_incoming_options\u2192ack_update_msk) sets MPTCP_PUSH_PENDING so mptcp_release_cb calls that push.\nAC:L - The attacker creates both halves of the race: they induce __mptcp_push_pending (DSS DATA_ACK, or eliciting mptcp_sendmsg) so mptcp_subflow_get_send snapshots __tcp_can_send without the ssk lock, then RST/FIN/MP_FAIL that subflow before lock_sock; the window is attacker-timed and retryable, not an uninfluencable layout.\nPR:N - Completing MP_CAPABLE to an IPPROTO_MPTCP listener needs no account or capability; net.mptcp.enabled defaults to 1 in mptcp pernet init, and tcp_rcv_established/mptcp_incoming_options apply no application credentials before the DATA_ACK and RST/FIN that cause this race.\nUI:N - The attacker sends the DATA_ACK and RST/FIN themselves and supplies the request that makes the service call mptcp_sendmsg; no victim mount, click, or extra confirmation is required.\nS:U - The divide-error runs in tcp_tso_autosize/tcp_set_skb_tso_segs on the host kernel MPTCP/TCP socket; it does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary.\nC:N - When __tcp_can_send fails in mptcp_sendmsg_frag, info->mss_now stays 0 and tcp_push divides by zero; that CPU exception does not read freed objects or out-of-range kernel memory.\nI:N - tcp_write_xmit aborts on the divide in tcp_tso_autosize/tcp_set_skb_tso_segs before modifying TCP control blocks or packet contents; this is not an OOB/UAF write or control-flow hijack.\nA:H - bytes/mss_now in tcp_tso_autosize and DIV_ROUND_UP(skb->len, mss_now) in tcp_set_skb_tso_segs raise a kernel divide-error oops/panic from mptcp_push_release, and the attacker can repeat it across MPTCP connections."
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    "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:21:27.042Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-24T16:01:01.152Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-09-25T14:41:04.318Z",
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