{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-43029","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-05-01T14:12:55.976Z","datePublished":"2026-05-01T14:15:29.885Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:16:20.421Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:16:20.421Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: fix soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg()\n\nsyzbot reported a soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg() [0].\n\nWhen receiving data with MSG_PEEK | MSG_WAITALL flags, the skb is not\nremoved from the sk_receive_queue. This causes sk_wait_data() to always\nfind available data and never perform actual waiting, leading to a soft\nlockup.\n\nFix this by adding a 'last' parameter to track the last peeked skb.\nThis allows sk_wait_data() to make informed waiting decisions and prevent\ninfinite loops when MSG_PEEK is used.\n\n[0]:\nwatchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 156s! [server:1963]\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1963 Comm: server Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8 #61 PREEMPT(none)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:sk_wait_data+0x15/0x190\nCode: 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 f4 55 48 89 d5 53 48 89 fb <48> 83 ec 30 65 48 8b 05 17 a4 6b 01 48 89 44 24 28 31 c0 65 48 8b\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90000603ca0 EFLAGS: 00000246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888102bf0800 RCX: 0000000000000001\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90000603d18 RDI: ffff888102bf0800\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000101\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000075 R12: ffffc90000603d18\nR13: ffff888102bf0800 R14: ffff888102bf0800 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  00007f6e38b8c4c0(0000) GS:ffff8881b877e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000055aa7bff1680 CR3: 0000000105cbe000 CR4: 00000000000006f0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n mptcp_recvmsg+0x547/0x8c0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2329\n inet_recvmsg+0x11f/0x130 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891\n sock_recvmsg+0x94/0xc0 net/socket.c:1100\n __sys_recvfrom+0xb2/0x130 net/socket.c:2256\n __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x1f/0x30 net/socket.c:2267\n do_syscall_64+0x59/0x2d0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131\nRIP: 0033:0x7f6e386a4a1d\nCode: 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8d 05 f1 de 2c 00 41 89 ca 8b 00 85 c0 75 20 45 31 c9 45 31 c0 b8 2d 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 6b f3 c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 41 56 41\nRSP: 002b:00007ffc3c4bb078 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002d\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000861e RCX: 00007f6e386a4a1d\nRDX: 00000000000003ff RSI: 00007ffc3c4bb150 RDI: 0000000000000004\nRBP: 00007ffc3c4bb570 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000103 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005605dbc00be0\nR13: 00007ffc3c4bb650 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\n </TASK>"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}}],"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":"8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc","lessThan":"58b58b9ba89c43914eea90c18928e51852d10c24","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc","lessThan":"de3c248d1b69eaefa2d5b3da4005936dcf590f1b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc","lessThan":"5dd8025a49c268ab6b94d978532af3ad341132a7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"49888b3b457b801282b44c246d289c56e2f2a55b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0206a9341e652167c610dcd79f3d4e9e8153984c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7d6d10eee01edc9c20850ea75cf8273dc1170921","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":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.22","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.12","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","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":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.22"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.19.12"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.0"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.6.117"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.12.59"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.17.8"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b58b9ba89c43914eea90c18928e51852d10c24"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de3c248d1b69eaefa2d5b3da4005936dcf590f1b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd8025a49c268ab6b94d978532af3ad341132a7"}],"title":"mptcp: fix soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}