{"cve":"CVE-2021-47593","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-19T15:15:53.890","modified":"2026-06-17T04:17:50.150","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: clear 'kern' flag from fallback sockets\n\nThe mptcp ULP extension relies on sk->sk_sock_kern being set correctly:\nIt prevents setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_ULP, \"mptcp\", 6); from\nworking for plain tcp sockets (any userspace-exposed socket).\n\nBut in case of fallback, accept() can return a plain tcp sk.\nIn such case, sk is still tagged as 'kernel' and setsockopt will work.\n\nThis will crash the kernel, The subflow extension has a NULL ctx->conn\nmptcp socket:\n\nBUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in subflow_data_ready+0x181/0x2b0\nCall Trace:\n tcp_data_ready+0xf8/0x370\n [..]","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/451f1eded7f56e93aaf52eb547ba97742d9c0e97","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c26ac0ea3a91c210cf90452e625dc441adf3e549","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6692b3b97bdc165d150f4c1505751a323a80717","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/451f1eded7f56e93aaf52eb547ba97742d9c0e97","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c26ac0ea3a91c210cf90452e625dc441adf3e549"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-47593","score":0.00246,"percentile":0.15973,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}