Linux Kernel up to 7.0.12 mptcp window stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.175/6.6.142/6.12.93/6.18.35/7.0.12. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component mptcp. This manipulation of the argument window causes stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-53183. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.175/6.6.142/6.12.93/6.18.35/7.0.12. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component mptcp. The manipulation of the argument window with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: allow subflow rcv wnd to shrink In MPTCP connection, the `window` field in the TCP header refers to the MPTCP-level rcv_nxt and it's right edge should not move backward. Such constraint is enforced at DSS option generation time. At the same time, the TCP stack ensures independently that the TCP-level rcv wnd right's edge does not move backward. That in turn causes artificial inflating of the MPTCP rcv window when the incoming data is acked at the TCP level and is OoO in the MPTCP sequence space (or lands in the backlog). As a consequence, the incoming traffic can exceed the receiver rcvbuf size even when the sender is not misbehaving. Prevent such scenario forcibly allowing the TCP subflow to shrink the TCP-level rcv wnd regardless of the current netns setting.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-53183 since 06/09/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/25/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.1.176, 6.6.143, 6.12.94, 6.18.36 or 7.0.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch bf364b0f10b27679140699821f88af7f01e2a6e3/b1fd13074f22105deec45aa02283e322733e0c2d/aa3861f40ac32706d9e97bfac76984613e278788/653245266913f03fcf21cbca68eed5c197a33e52/c297a4e65c50a2b807d9309b22615080faffa8f3/da23be77e1292cd611e736c3aa17da633d7ddce7 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.175
• 6.6.142
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
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• 6.18.0
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• 7.0.0
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• 7.0.12

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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