Critical severity · published Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-80585
mptcp: fastopen: only mark MPTFO subflows with SYN data
9.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: fastopen: only mark MPTFO subflows with SYN data
Passive TCP Fast Open accepts a valid-cookie SYN even when it carries
no data. In that case the child socket's receive queue is intentionally
left empty.
mptcp_fastopen_subflow_synack_set_params() set is_mptfo before checking
for queued SYN data. That made data-less TFO SYNs hit a WARN and, if
the warning was non-fatal, left stale MPTFO state behind. The stale
flag could later trigger a state-confusion bug in
check_fully_established().
Only mark the subflow as MPTFO after confirming that an SKB was queued.
Return quietly when the receive queue is empty.
Note that mptcp_subflow_context's is_mptfo field is now not just about
subflows where the TFO was present, but about MPTFO subflow that
consumed SYN data. Only having a valid cookie but not carrying data is
not really "doing TFO".
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
36b122baf6a8bd46b4a591f12f4ed17b22257408 before f75f174edc865738522e514d042cf5627f084859; 36b122baf6a8bd46b4a591f12f4ed17b22257408 before fca7e444c04689fe4cc6b56f2725f804a4bb1ef9; 36b122baf6a8bd46b4a591f12f4ed17b22257408 before 75e564b2ced1cc3d9a8904c7d2d2bb448fffb8b5; 36b122baf6a8bd46b4a591f12f4ed17b22257408 before 72b4a0c51a4b550d40301d60a366b429b8c8e78d; 36b122baf6a8bd46b4a591f12f4ed17b22257408 before e00b63056fb4f261455b3e5df5268a1f8ce47a87; 6.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80585
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80585
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b4a0c51a4b550d40301d60a366b429b8c8e78d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75e564b2ced1cc3d9a8904c7d2d2bb448fffb8b5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e00b63056fb4f261455b3e5df5268a1f8ce47a87
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75f174edc865738522e514d042cf5627f084859
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fca7e444c04689fe4cc6b56f2725f804a4bb1ef9
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