Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-71144mptcp: ensure context reset on disconnect()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: ensure context reset on disconnect() After the blamed commit below, if the MPC subflow is already in TCP_CLOSE status or has fallback to TCP at mptcp_disconnect() time, mptcp_do_fastclose() skips setting the `send_fastclose flag` and the later __mptcp_close_ssk() does not reset anymore the related subflow context. Any later connection will be created with both the `request_mptcp` flag and the msk-level fallback status off (it is unconditionally cleared at MPTCP disconnect time), leading to a warning in subflow_data_ready(): WARNING: CPU: 26 PID: 8996 at net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13)) Modules linked in: CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 8996 Comm: syz.22.39 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7-05427-g11fc074f6c36 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13)) Code: 90 0f 0b 90 90 e9 04 fe ff ff e8 b7 1e f5 fe 89 ee bf 07 00 00 00 e8 db 19 f5 fe 83 fd 07 0f 84 35 ff ff ff e8 9d 1e f5 fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 27 ff ff ff e8 8f 1e f5 fe 4c 89 e7 48 89 de e8 14 09 RSP: 0018:ffffc9002646fb30 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88813b218000 RCX: ffffffff825c8435 RDX: ffff8881300b3580 RSI: ffffffff825c8443 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 000000000000000b R08: ffffffff825c8435 R09: 000000000000000b R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffff888131ac0000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f88330af6c0(0000) GS:ffff888a93dd2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f88330aefe8 CR3: 000000010ff59000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> tcp_data_ready (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5356) tcp_data_queue (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5445) tcp_rcv_state_process (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:7165) tcp_v4_do_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1955) __release_sock (include/net/sock.h:1158 (discriminator 6) net/core/sock.c:3180 (discriminator 6)) release_sock (net/core/sock.c:3737) mptcp_sendmsg (net/mptcp/protocol.c:1763 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1857) inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:853 (discriminator 7)) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:2244 (discriminator 15)) __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2247) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1)) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) RIP: 0033:0x7f883326702d Address the issue setting an explicit `fastclosing` flag at fastclose time, and checking such flag after mptcp_do_fastclose().

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.164-1DSA-6163-1
Debian:12linux6.1.164-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71144
Debian:13linux6.12.69-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71144
Debian:14linux6.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-110.110UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-29.29UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-29.29USN-8277-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1052.55UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1015.15USN-8277-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-8374-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1052.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1054.60UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1015.15USN-8310-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-8310-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1054.57UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1018.19USN-8374-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-8374-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1050.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1037.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-29.29~24.04.1USN-8277-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-29.29~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1051.51UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1051.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-110.110.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-110.110.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1051.54UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1026.26USN-8508-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1051.54~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1051.54.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1022.22UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1023.23USN-8277-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1049.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1014.14USN-8277-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1014.14~24.04.1USN-8277-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1049.50~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1052.56UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1017.17USN-8277-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1013.15USN-8277-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1013.15UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-29.29.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.176.17.0-29.29.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-110.110~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-71144

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9ea05fabce31ff93a0adae8221c58bc6d7b832f3 – before 226fff52e7ed9fc8cd63327133739b3d92537ffd3a13454fd098ed51e733958488f8ec62859a9ed8 – before 5c7c7135468f3fc6379cde9777a2c18bfe92d82ff6fb2cbc91a81178dea23d463503b4525a76825d – before 1c7c3a9314d8a7fc0e9a508606466a967c8e774aae155060247be8dcae3802a95bd1bdf93ab3215d – before f1a77dfc3b045c3dd5f6e64189b9f52b90399f07ae155060247be8dcae3802a95bd1bdf93ab3215d – before 86730ac255b0497a272704de9a1df559f5d6602ec4f7b0916b95fd2226e5ab98882482b08f52e1c06.1.159 – before 6.1.1646.6.119 – before 6.6.120
Linux Linux 6.18

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