CVE-2026-23321 mptcp: pm: in-kernel: always mark signal+subflow endp as used
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: pm: in-kernel: always mark signal+subflow endp as used

Syzkaller managed to find a combination of actions that was generating
this warning:

  msk->pm.local_addr_used == 0
  WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at __mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 [inline], CPU#1: syz.2.17/961
  WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1103 [inline], CPU#1: syz.2.17/961
  WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x81d/0x8f0 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1210, CPU#1: syz.2.17/961
  Modules linked in:
  CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 961 Comm: syz.2.17 Not tainted 6.19.0-08368-gfafda3b4b06b #22 PREEMPT(full)
  Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 25.10 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, + 10.1 machine, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1build1 04/01/2014
  RIP: 0010:__mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 [inline]
  RIP: 0010:mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1103 [inline]
  RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x81d/0x8f0 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1210
  Code: 89 c5 e8 46 30 6f fe e9 21 fd ff ff 49 83 ed 80 e8 38 30 6f fe 4c 89 ef be 03 00 00 00 e8 db 49 df fe eb ac e8 24 30 6f fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 1d ff ff ff e8 16 30 6f fe eb 05 e8 0f 30 6f fe e8 9a
  RSP: 0018:ffffc90001663880 EFLAGS: 00010293
  RAX: ffffffff82de1a6c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88800722b500
  RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
  RBP: ffff8880158b22d0 R08: 0000000000010425 R09: ffffffffffffffff
  R10: ffffffff82de18ba R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88800641a640
  R13: ffff8880158b1880 R14: ffff88801ec3c900 R15: ffff88800641a650
  FS:  00005555722c3500(0000) GS:ffff8880f909d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  CR2: 00007f66346e0f60 CR3: 000000001607c000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x117/0x180 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115
   genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]
   genl_rcv_msg+0x3a8/0x3f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210
   netlink_rcv_skb+0x16d/0x240 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
   genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219
   netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
   netlink_unicast+0x3e9/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
   netlink_sendmsg+0x4aa/0x5b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894
   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
   __sock_sendmsg+0xc9/0xf0 net/socket.c:742
   ____sys_sendmsg+0x272/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2592
   ___sys_sendmsg+0x2de/0x320 net/socket.c:2646
   __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2678 [inline]
   __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2683 [inline]
   __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2681 [inline]
   __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2681
   do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
   do_syscall_64+0x143/0x440 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
  RIP: 0033:0x7f66346f826d
  Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
  RSP: 002b:00007ffc83d8bdc8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
  RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6634985fa0 RCX: 00007f66346f826d
  RDX: 00000000040000b0 RSI: 0000200000000740 RDI: 0000000000000007
  RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
  R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6634985fa8
  R13: 00007f6634985fac R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000001770
   </TASK>

The actions that caused that seem to be:

 - Set the MPTCP subflows limit to 0
 - Create an MPTCP endpoint with both the 'signal' and 'subflow' flags
 - Create a new MPTCP connection from a different address: an ADD_ADDR
   linked to the MPTCP endpoint will be sent ('signal' flag), but no
   subflows is initiated ('subflow' flag)
 - Remove the MPTCP endpoint

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Affected products: vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: unaffected
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: affected
Published: 2026-03-25T10:27:15.125Z