{"cve":"CVE-2021-47591","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T15:15:53.700","modified":"2026-06-17T04:17:49.870","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: remove tcp ulp setsockopt support\n\nTCP_ULP setsockopt cannot be used for mptcp because its already\nused internally to plumb subflow (tcp) sockets to the mptcp layer.\n\nsyzbot managed to trigger a crash for mptcp connections that are\nin fallback mode:\n\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027]\nCPU: 1 PID: 1083 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc2-syzkaller #0\nRIP: 0010:tls_build_proto net/tls/tls_main.c:776 [inline]\n[..]\n __tcp_set_ulp net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:139 [inline]\n tcp_set_ulp+0x428/0x4c0 net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c:160\n do_tcp_setsockopt+0x455/0x37c0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3391\n mptcp_setsockopt+0x1b47/0x2400 net/mptcp/sockopt.c:638\n\nRemove support for TCP_ULP setsockopt.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3de0c86d42f841d1d64f316cd949e65c566f0734","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/404cd9a22150f24acf23a8df2ad0c094ba379f57","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3de0c86d42f841d1d64f316cd949e65c566f0734","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/404cd9a22150f24acf23a8df2ad0c094ba379f57"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47591","score":0.00205,"percentile":0.1054,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}