Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-89554mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-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 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix uninitialized local_id in syncookie MP_JOIN reconstruction mptcp_token_join_cookie_init_state() restores remote_nonce, local_nonce, backup, join_id, token and msk from the saved cookie entry when rebuilding the request socket for a MP_JOIN 4th-ACK handled under SYN cookies, but it does not restore local_id, even though the SYN path saved it. subflow_ulp_clone() then reads that uninitialized field and stores it as the joined subflow's address-ID. Because the request-sock slab is SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and not zeroed on allocation, the value is the stale byte of a previously freed request socket, which an off-path peer can influence by sending concurrent MP_JOIN SYNs. This corrupts the path manager's id-based subflow bookkeeping for the connection. Restore subflow_req->local_id from the cookie entry, as done for the other fields.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.190-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89554
Debian:13linux6.12.111-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89554
Debian:14linux7.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89554
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.111-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-202.212UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1119.126UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1125.134UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1124.133UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1120.130UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1115.121UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1102.110UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1113.117UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1114.120UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1111.116UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-197.207UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1114.115UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1070.72UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1038.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1059.59UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1116.122UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89554

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before 4534e0eead692bb069ad1e6a5a245fc2e20783009466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before 63cacb05e51a1c6e1349d2e593d00fd6ef43def49466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before 954b5ea836eb118d188975ced803448537ab84799466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before 9df36a4846375a9b75bf42d77bfed216b0f366f99466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before 64f2c5dd49b956a542c8c02b8dad5d262a462bba9466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before 51887ccd88791ddaa8755a7c614fda031ecf79829466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before bf19d166337c6488b39cb03eeeffb30a941d63269466a1ccebbe54ac57fb8a89c2b4b854826546a8 – before b878dfdd12d7a5b8722a78d35e313506140ca3d9
Linux Linux 5.9

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