Description

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

tcp: fix mptcp DSS corruption due to large pmtu xmit

Syzkaller was able to trigger a DSS corruption:

TCP: request_sock_subflow_v4: Possible SYN flooding on port [::]:20002. Sending cookies.
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WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5227 at net/mptcp/protocol.c:695 __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x20a9/0x21f0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:695
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5227 Comm: syz-executor350 Not tainted 6.11.0-syzkaller-08829-gaf9c191ac2a0 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
RIP: 0010:__mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x20a9/0x21f0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:695
Code: 0f b6 dc 31 ff 89 de e8 b5 dd ea f5 89 d8 48 81 c4 50 01 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 98 da ea f5 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 47 ff ff ff e8 8a da ea f5 90 0f 0b 90 e9 99 e0 ff ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006db8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff8ba9df18 RBX: 00000000000055f0 RCX: ffff888030023c00
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 00000000000081e5 RDI: 00000000000055f0
RBP: 1ffff110062bf1ae R08: ffffffff8ba9cf12 R09: 1ffff110062bf1b8
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10062bf1b9 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 00000000700cec61 R15: 00000000000081e5
FS: 000055556679c380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020287000 CR3: 0000000077892000 CR4: 0000...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50083

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.21% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 44.09% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50083
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c38add9ac0e4d4f418e6443a688491499021add9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9729010a0ac5945c1bf6847dd0778d8a1a4b72ac
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba8e65814e519eeb17d086952bce7de93f7a40da
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/229dfdc36f31a8d47433438bc0e6e1662c4ab404
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db04d1848777ae52a7ab93c4591e7c0bf8f55fb4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4dabcdf581217e60690467a37c956a5b8dbc6bd9

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