Not yet scoredPublished Dec 24, 2025

CVE-2022-50783mptcp: use proper req destructor for IPv6

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:10 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: use proper req destructor for IPv6 Before, only the destructor from TCP request sock in IPv4 was called even if the subflow was IPv6. It is important to use the right destructor to avoid memory leaks with some advanced IPv6 features, e.g. when the request socks contain specific IPv6 options.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	79c0949e9a09f6a14a6dd18dc8396029423f9b68 builds before 6eb02c596ec02e5897ae377e065cb7df55337a96; from 79c0949e9a09f6a14a6dd18dc8396029423f9b68 before bd5dc96fea4edd16d2e22f41b4dd50a4cfbeb919; from 79c0949e9a09f6a14a6dd18dc8396029423f9b68 before 092953f3c4cd65f88b27b87a922f6c725f34ee04; from 79c0949e9a09f6a14a6dd18dc8396029423f9b68 before 1922ea6b0ae2ea0c9a09be0eafafe1cd1069d259; from 79c0949e9a09f6a14a6dd18dc8396029423f9b68 before d3295fee3c756ece33ac0d935e172e68c0a4161b	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb02c596ec02e5897ae377e065cb7df55337a96
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd5dc96fea4edd16d2e22f41b4dd50a4cfbeb919
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/092953f3c4cd65f88b27b87a922f6c725f34ee04
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1922ea6b0ae2ea0c9a09be0eafafe1cd1069d259
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3295fee3c756ece33ac0d935e172e68c0a4161b

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