Bug 2482639 (CVE-2026-46158) - CVE-2026-46158 kernel: mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount
Summary: CVE-2026-46158 kernel: mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46158
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-05-28 11:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-28 15:52 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-28 11:07:08 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount

When an ADD_ADDR is retransmitted, the sk is held in sk_reset_timer().
It should then be released in all cases at the end.

Some (unlikely) checks were returning directly instead of calling
sock_put() to decrease the refcount. Jump to a new 'exit' label to call
__sock_put() (which will become sock_put() in the next commit) to fix
this potential leak.

While at it, drop the '!msk' check which cannot happen because it is
never reset, and explicitly mark the remaining one as "unlikely".


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