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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jan 14, 2026 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 25, 2026

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: avoid deadlock on fallback while reinjecting

Jakub reported an MPTCP deadlock at fallback time:

WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.18.0-rc7-virtme #1 Not tainted

mptcp_connect/20858 is trying to acquire lock:
ff1100001da18b60 (&msk->fallback_lock){+.-.}-{3:3}, at: __mptcp_try_fallback+0xd8/0x280

but task is already holding lock:
ff1100001da18b60 (&msk->fallback_lock){+.-.}-{3:3}, at: __mptcp_retrans+0x352/0xaa0

other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:

    CPU0
    ----

lock(&msk->fallback_lock);
lock(&msk->fallback_lock);

*** DEADLOCK ***

May be due to missing lock nesting notation

3 locks held by mptcp_connect/20858:
#0: ff1100001da18290 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: mptcp_sendmsg+0x114/0x1bc0
#1: ff1100001db40fd0 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET#2){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __mptcp_retrans+0x2cb/0xaa0
#2: ff1100001da18b60 (&msk->fallback_lock){+.-.}-{3:3}, at: __mptcp_retrans+0x352/0xaa0

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 20858 Comm: mptcp_connect Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7-virtme #1 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xa0
print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xc0/0xcd
validate_chain+0x2ff/0x5f0
__lock_acquire+0x34c/0x740
lock_acquire.part.0+0xbc/0x260
_raw_spin_lock_bh+0x38/0x50
__mptcp_try_fallback+0xd8/0x280
mptcp_sendmsg_frag+0x16c2/0x3050
__mptcp_retrans+0x421/0xaa0
mptcp_release_cb+0x5aa/0xa70
release_sock+0xab/0x1d0
mptcp_sendmsg+0xd5b/0x1bc0
sock_write_iter+0x281/0x4d0
new_sync_write+0x3c5/0x6f0
vfs_write+0x65e/0xbb0
ksys_write+0x17e/0x200
do_syscall_64+0xbb/0xfd0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7fa5627cbc5e
Code: 4d 89 d8 e8 14 bd 00 00 4c 8b 5d f8 41 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 11 c9 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 8b 45 10 0f 05 c3 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 e7 e8 13 ff ff ff 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa
RSP: 002b:00007fff1fe14700 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000005 RCX: 00007fa5627cbc5e
RDX: 0000000000001f9c RSI: 00007fff1fe16984 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 00007fff1fe14710 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007fff1fe16920
R13: 0000000000002000 R14: 0000000000001f9c R15: 0000000000001f9c

The packet scheduler could attempt a reinjection after receiving an
MP_FAIL and before the infinite map has been transmitted, causing a
deadlock since MPTCP needs to do the reinjection atomically from WRT
fallback.

Address the issue explicitly avoiding the reinjection in the critical
scenario. Note that this is the only fallback critical section that
could potentially send packets and hit the double-lock.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 14, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 14, 2026
Last updated Mar 25, 2026

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(2nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-71126

GHSA ID

GHSA-cqcj-p3px-rprf

Source code

No known source code

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