CVE-2026-74696

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix TFO max_qlen accounting across reuseport migration A listener's TCP_FASTOPEN max_qlen stops being accurate and lets through far more pending Fast Open requests than it was configured for. This only shows up with SO_REUSEPORT listener migration, where closing a listener hands its still-pending TFO children over to a surviving one. fastopenq.qlen is charged in tcp_fastopen_create_child() when the child is created and uncharged in reqsk_fastopen_remove() when the handshake completes. The uncharge follows rsk_listener of the request the child points at, and inet_reqsk_clone() has repointed the child at a new request owned by the new listener, so the ++ and the -- land on two different sockets. The new listener's qlen drifts negative and its limit no longer binds. Charge the new listener during migration, like reqsk_queue_migrated() already does for queue->young and queue->qlen.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 22, 2026
First seenAug 22, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linuxe98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24, b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6, 585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670, 6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88, a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff, d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3, a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < e98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24, 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6, 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < 585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670, 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < 6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88, 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff, 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3, 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be, 5.14e98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24, b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6, 585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670, 6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88, a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff, d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3, a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be

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