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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-68169" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-10T11:59:38.177Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-23T12:46:03.401Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" 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-2026-68169" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68169.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68169" title: "mptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id\n\nIn mptcp_pm_userspace_get_local_id(), the address entry is looked up under\nspinlock, but its id is read after dropping the lock. A concurrent deletion\ncan free the entry between the unlock and the read, leading to UAF.\n\nThe race window is narrow. It was reproduced only with a locally\nconstructed stress test that repeatedly overlaps an MP_JOIN SYN with a\nMPTCP_PM_CMD_SUBFLOW_DESTROY request.\n\nHowever, the KASAN report below confirms that the race is reachable:\n\n [ 666.319376] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0\n [ 666.319386] Read of size 1 at addr ffff888124845610 by task swapper/0/0\n ...\n [ 666.319401] Call Trace:\n [ 666.319405] \u003cIRQ\u003e\n [ 666.319408] dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70\n [ 666.319412] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3b0\n [ 666.319418] print_report+0xbe/0x2b0\n [ 666.319421] ? mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0\n [ 666.319423] kasan_report+0xce/0x100\n [ 666.319426] ? mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0\n [ 666.319429] mptcp_userspace_pm_get_local_id+0x1dc/0x1f0\n [ 666.319433] mptcp_pm_get_local_id+0x371/0x440\n ...\n [ 666.319821] Allocated by task 45539:\n [ 666.319844] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n [ 666.319855] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n [ 666.319858] __kasan_kmalloc+0x8f/0xa0\n [ 666.319863] __kmalloc_noprof+0x1e7/0x520\n [ 666.319867] sock_kmalloc+0xdf/0x130\n [ 666.319885] sock_kmemdup+0x1b/0x40\n [ 666.319888] mptcp_userspace_pm_append_new_local_addr+0x261/0x500\n [ 666.319910] mptcp_pm_nl_announce_doit+0x16a/0x610\n ...\n [ 666.319967] Freed by task 45560:\n [ 666.319988] kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60\n [ 666.319991] kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n [ 666.319994] kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60\n [ 666.319998] __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70\n [ 666.320000] kfree+0x166/0x440\n [ 666.320003] sock_kfree_s+0x1d/0x50\n [ 666.320007] mptcp_userspace_pm_delete_local_addr.isra.0+0x157/0x200\n [ 666.320011] mptcp_pm_nl_subflow_destroy_doit+0x51d/0xea0\n\nFix by copying the id into a local variable while still holding the lock,\nand use -1 as a \"not found\" sentinel." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e373bfc8ec3d6496ec7e11dd7f4d087a44b1009a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8ce48d2879aafc0e7a6f8bfc3613c0ba979ec6f5"},{"version":"ed34dfa19ddbd1e4c85a73636f8cba0211025ea4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d2c3760b45f2f481a4dd4c5adef4a29dfabd948f"},{"version":"f012d796a6de662692159c539689e47e662853a8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"31ce5af66891f79998fb2e8b8df08e3c98fd72e3"},{"version":"f012d796a6de662692159c539689e47e662853a8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d64f6c02495f3fad674038cfa7ec049671b59e7b"},{"version":"f012d796a6de662692159c539689e47e662853a8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"40dde4b5d98279471a70e5c8bb713182738c00d9"},{"version":"f012d796a6de662692159c539689e47e662853a8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9bc6d5e4ca9f3cbb41d43400b3a31cb0403796c9"},{"version":"005a3ad289eb604216dcaa03646de36cb08624a0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.1.79","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.184"},{"version":"6.6.18","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.151"},{"version":"6.7.6","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.8"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.8"},{"version":"6.1.184","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.151","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.103","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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