CVE-2026-23169

Name	CVE-2026-23169
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit() syzbot and Eulgyu Kim reported crashes in mptcp_pm_nl_get_local_id() and/or mptcp_pm_nl_is_backup() Root cause is list_splice_init() in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit() which is not RCU ready. list_splice_init_rcu() can not be called here while holding pernet->lock spinlock. Many thanks to Eulgyu Kim for providing a repro and testing our patches.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-6141-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.249-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.162-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.63-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.73-1	fixed
	forky	6.18.12-1	fixed
	sid	6.18.14-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	trixie	6.12.73-1	DSA-6141-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.18.9-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e2a9eeb69f7d4ca4cf4c70463af77664fdb6ab1d (6.19-rc8)