CVE-2025-38552

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38552
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38552.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-38552
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-08-16T11:34:20.455Z
Modified
2025-11-28T02:34:58.633106Z
Summary
mptcp: plug races between subflow fail and subflow creation
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: plug races between subflow fail and subflow creation

We have races similar to the one addressed by the previous patch between subflow failing and additional subflow creation. They are just harder to trigger.

The solution is similar. Use a separate flag to track the condition 'socket state prevent any additional subflow creation' protected by the fallback lock.

The socket fallback makes such flag true, and also receiving or sending an MP_FAIL option.

The field 'allowinfinitefallback' is now always touched under the relevant lock, we can drop the ONCE annotation on write.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38552.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
478d770008b03ed9d74bdc8add2315b7fd124ecc
Fixed
c476d627584b7589a134a8b48dd5c6639e4401c5
Fixed
7c96d519ee15a130842a6513530b4d20acd2bfcd
Fixed
f81b6fbe13c7fc413b5158cdffc6a59391a2a8db
Fixed
659da22dee5ff316ba63bdaeeac7b58b5442f6c2
Fixed
def5b7b2643ebba696fc60ddf675dca13f073486

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.15.0
Fixed
6.1.149
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.101
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.15.8