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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-97568" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:21:54.269Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:09:31.044Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" 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-2026-97568" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-97568.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97568" title: "mptcp: syncookies: remember the request backup flag" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: syncookies: remember the request backup flag\n\nInstead of using an uninitialised bit when copying the info in\nsubflow_ulp_clone().\n\nTo fix this, no need to extend the join_entry structure: backup is\ncoming from struct mptcp_subflow_request_sock, only one bit. Do the same\nhere by using one bit for both." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1008f2bcbc8e461c1df3aebba30ac4f616ebe570","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c97fa2c7ada82d4cac1c6c00643238dc4c462f15"},{"version":"6f01f41b6a492ddf2da7609967cfaf57e7ca48a7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1668b34452009d27be3262646de748a3e48ffd51"},{"version":"09176f80995105c62939728fbad5c437d61e7ff4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b138e7dc719f0a3949de8bb6500b8cf1604eea06"},{"version":"8ed3e34c766e8264d5d2e0436f86c51604d6a8a7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"360d99258a6402cb8e49771460944f19f04d25b7"},{"version":"efd340bf3d7779a3a8ec954d8ec0fb8a10f24982","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"61178d0b85b4b1b53e78b06e89d018d22d102f88"},{"version":"efd340bf3d7779a3a8ec954d8ec0fb8a10f24982","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"00b2bd518911e0daab00f4749cce68c191ccebb4"},{"version":"efd340bf3d7779a3a8ec954d8ec0fb8a10f24982","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"06d649f9cd03a9f8e768a658b20acf8d2c8022e0"},{"version":"efd340bf3d7779a3a8ec954d8ec0fb8a10f24982","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b76c0e28b392620dfbaf92cdeedbf115820b44cb"},{"version":"73e2baa301ee3f62ff971e68877adeb37f98cc67","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.224","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.271"},{"version":"5.15.165","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.222"},{"version":"6.1.104","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.189"},{"version":"6.6.45","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.158"},{"version":"6.10.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.11"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.11"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.111","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","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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