TI-2026-33882 Aliases CVE-2026-46158 GHSA-vj5h-6xr8-8f8g

mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount

LOW 24Published 2026-05-28 · Updated 2026-11-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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".

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00128 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.270, 5.15.218, 6.1.185 +5Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	5.10 and later	5.10.270, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.30, 7.0.7, 7.1	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.10 and later Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.30, 7.0.7, 7.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.10 to before 6.6.142; 6.7 to before 6.12.92; 6.13 to before 6.18.30; 6.19 to before 7.0.7	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1::::::	7.1 rc1	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2::::::	7.1 rc2	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10 to before 6.6.142; 6.7 to before 6.12.92; 6.13 to before 6.18.30; 6.19 to before 7.0.7 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.142, 6.12.92, 6.18.30, 7.0.7, 7.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46158
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vj5h-6xr8-8f8g
2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 5

Other 3

TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3

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Sources

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