{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-54176","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-30T12:06:44.496Z","datePublished":"2025-12-30T12:08:48.915Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:56:55.238Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:56:55.238Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker\n\nAs reported by Christoph, the mptcp protocol can run the\nworker when the relevant msk socket is in an unexpected state:\n\nconnect()\n// incoming reset + fastclose\n// the mptcp worker is scheduled\nmptcp_disconnect()\n// msk is now CLOSED\nlisten()\nmptcp_worker()\n\nLeading to the following splat:\n\ndivide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\nCPU: 1 PID: 21 Comm: kworker/1:0 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc1-gde5e8fd0123c #11\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014\nWorkqueue: events mptcp_worker\nRIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x22c/0x4b0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3018\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900000b3c98 EFLAGS: 00010293\nRAX: 000000000000ffd7 RBX: 000000000000ffd7 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff8214ce97 RDI: 0000000000000004\nRBP: 000000000000ffd7 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000010000\nR10: 000000000000ffd7 R11: ffff888005afa148 R12: 000000000000ffd7\nR13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88803ed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000405270 CR3: 000000003011e006 CR4: 0000000000370ee0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n tcp_select_window net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:262 [inline]\n __tcp_transmit_skb+0x356/0x1280 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1345\n tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1417 [inline]\n tcp_send_active_reset+0x13e/0x320 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3459\n mptcp_check_fastclose net/mptcp/protocol.c:2530 [inline]\n mptcp_worker+0x6c7/0x800 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2705\n process_one_work+0x3bd/0x950 kernel/workqueue.c:2390\n worker_thread+0x5b/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2537\n kthread+0x138/0x170 kernel/kthread.c:376\n ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x50 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308\n </TASK>\n\nThis change addresses the issue explicitly checking for bad states\nbefore running the mptcp worker."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mptcp/protocol.c"],"versions":[{"version":"e16163b6e2b720fb74e5af758546f6dad27e6c9e","lessThan":"f0b4a4086cf27240fc621a560da9735159049dcc","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e16163b6e2b720fb74e5af758546f6dad27e6c9e","lessThan":"aff9099e9c51f15c8def05c75b2b73e8487b5d54","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e16163b6e2b720fb74e5af758546f6dad27e6c9e","lessThan":"19ea79e87af32c2b3c6fc49bd84efeb35ca57678","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"e16163b6e2b720fb74e5af758546f6dad27e6c9e","lessThan":"d6a0443733434408f2cbd4c53fea6910599bab9e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/mptcp/protocol.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.108","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.25","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2.12","lessThanOrEqual":"6.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.108"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.25"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.2.12"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0b4a4086cf27240fc621a560da9735159049dcc"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aff9099e9c51f15c8def05c75b2b73e8487b5d54"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ea79e87af32c2b3c6fc49bd84efeb35ca57678"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6a0443733434408f2cbd4c53fea6910599bab9e"}],"title":"mptcp: stricter state check in mptcp_worker","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}