{"cve":"CVE-2026-31669","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-24T15:16:46.663","modified":"2026-10-19T19:18:04.940","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established\n\nThe ehash table lookups are lockless and rely on\nSLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU to guarantee socket memory stability\nduring RCU read-side critical sections. Both tcp_prot and\ntcpv6_prot have their slab caches created with this flag\nvia proto_register().\n\nHowever, MPTCP's mptcp_subflow_init() copies tcpv6_prot into\ntcpv6_prot_override during inet_init() (fs_initcall, level 5),\nbefore inet6_init() (module_init/device_initcall, level 6) has\ncalled proto_register(&tcpv6_prot). At that point,\ntcpv6_prot.slab is still NULL, so tcpv6_prot_override.slab\nremains NULL permanently.\n\nThis causes MPTCP v6 subflow child sockets to be allocated via\nkmalloc (falling into kmalloc-4k) instead of the TCPv6 slab\ncache. The kmalloc-4k cache lacks SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, so\nwhen these sockets are freed without SOCK_RCU_FREE (which is\ncleared for child sockets by design), the memory can be\nimmediately reused. Concurrent ehash lookups under\nrcu_read_lock can then access freed memory, triggering a\nslab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established.\n\nFix this by splitting the IPv6-specific initialization out of\nmptcp_subflow_init() into a new mptcp_subflow_v6_init(), called\nfrom mptcp_proto_v6_init() before protocol registration. This\nensures tcpv6_prot_override.slab correctly inherits the\nSLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU slab cache.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15fa9ead4d5e6b6b9c794e84144146c917f2cb62","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd6547f5b8ac99687be6d937a0321efda760597","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b55b253907e7431210483519c5ad711a37dafa1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b313e9037d98c13938740e5ebda7852929366dff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb9c6aeb512f877cf397deb1e4526f646c70e4a7"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31669","score":0.00471,"percentile":0.40495,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}