Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-74696

Linux Linux

tcp: fix TFO max_qlen accounting across reuseport migration

CVSS 3.1
7.5High

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

ScoreVersionSourceVector
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

VendorProductVersionsSource
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

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Details

Published
2026-08-22
Last updated
2026-10-16
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.49%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
42.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

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