# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-39955"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-10-09T09:47:33.556Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-15T01:08:40.572Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39955"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-39955.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39955"
title: "tcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)-\u003efastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect()."
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)-\u003efastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect().\n\nsyzbot reported the splat below where a socket had tcp_sk(sk)-\u003efastopen_rsk\nin the TCP_ESTABLISHED state. [0]\n\nsyzbot reused the server-side TCP Fast Open socket as a new client before\nthe TFO socket completes 3WHS:\n\n  1. accept()\n  2. connect(AF_UNSPEC)\n  3. connect() to another destination\n\nAs of accept(), sk-\u003esk_state is TCP_SYN_RECV, and tcp_disconnect() changes\nit to TCP_CLOSE and makes connect() possible, which restarts timers.\n\nSince tcp_disconnect() forgot to clear tcp_sk(sk)-\u003efastopen_rsk, the\nretransmit timer triggered the warning and the intended packet was not\nretransmitted.\n\nLet's call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_disconnect().\n\n[0]:\nWARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:542 tcp_retransmit_timer (net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:542 (discriminator 7))\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc5-g201825fb4278 #62 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:tcp_retransmit_timer (net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:542 (discriminator 7))\nCode: 41 55 41 54 55 53 48 8b af b8 08 00 00 48 89 fb 48 85 ed 0f 84 55 01 00 00 0f b6 47 12 3c 03 74 0c 0f b6 47 12 3c 04 74 04 90 \u003c0f\u003e 0b 90 48 8b 85 c0 00 00 00 48 89 ef 48 8b 40 30 e8 6a 4f 06 3e\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900002f8d40 EFLAGS: 00010293\nRAX: 0000000000000002 RBX: ffff888106911400 RCX: 0000000000000017\nRDX: 0000000002517619 RSI: ffffffff83764080 RDI: ffff888106911400\nRBP: ffff888106d5c000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffc900002f8de8\nR10: 00000000000000c2 R11: ffffc900002f8ff8 R12: ffff888106911540\nR13: ffff888106911480 R14: ffff888106911840 R15: ffffc900002f8de0\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88907b768000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f8044d69d90 CR3: 0000000002c30003 CR4: 0000000000370ef0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n tcp_write_timer (net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c:738)\n call_timer_fn (kernel/time/timer.c:1747)\n __run_timers (kernel/time/timer.c:1799 kernel/time/timer.c:2372)\n timer_expire_remote (kernel/time/timer.c:2385 kernel/time/timer.c:2376 kernel/time/timer.c:2135)\n tmigr_handle_remote_up (kernel/time/timer_migration.c:944 kernel/time/timer_migration.c:1035)\n __walk_groups.isra.0 (kernel/time/timer_migration.c:533 (discriminator 1))\n tmigr_handle_remote (kernel/time/timer_migration.c:1096)\n handle_softirqs (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:36 ./include/trace/events/irq.h:142 kernel/softirq.c:580)\n irq_exit_rcu (kernel/softirq.c:614 kernel/softirq.c:453 kernel/softirq.c:680 kernel/softirq.c:696)\n sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt (arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 (discriminator 35) arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1050 (discriminator 35))\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7ec092a91ff351dcde89c23e795b73a328274db6"},{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a4378dedd6e07e62f2fccb17d78c9665718763d0"},{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"33a4fdf0b4a25f8ce65380c3b0136b407ca57609"},{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"17d699727577814198d744d6afe54735c6b54c99"},{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dfd06131107e7b699ef1e2a24ed2f7d17c917753"},{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fa4749c065644af4db496b338452a69a3e5147d9"},{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ae313d14b45eca7a6bb29cb9bf396d977e7d28fb"},{"version":"8336886f786fdacbc19b719c1f7ea91eb70706d4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"45c8a6cc2bcd780e634a6ba8e46bffbdf1fc5c01"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.7"},{"version":"5.4.300","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.245","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.194","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.154","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.108","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.49","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.16.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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