Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-74696
tcp: fix TFO max_qlen accounting across reuseport migration
Official 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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.14 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < 585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < 6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < e98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 ≤ v < a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
7- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be
Details
- Published
- 2026-08-22
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
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