CVE-2023-54085

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix NULL pointer dereference on fastopen early fallback In case of early fallback to TCP, subflow_syn_recv_sock() deletes the subflow context before returning the newly allocated sock to the caller. The fastopen path does not cope with the above unconditionally dereferencing the subflow context.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedDec 24, 2025
First seenDec 24, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linux95135835519b0ab931c39908b2c99e9fb3c9068b, c0ff6f6da66a7791a32c0234388b1bdc00244917 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux36b122baf6a8bd46b4a591f12f4ed17b22257408 ≤ v < 95135835519b0ab931c39908b2c99e9fb3c9068b, 36b122baf6a8bd46b4a591f12f4ed17b22257408 ≤ v < c0ff6f6da66a7791a32c0234388b1bdc00244917, 6.295135835519b0ab931c39908b2c99e9fb3c9068b, c0ff6f6da66a7791a32c0234388b1bdc00244917

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