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High severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 7, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times

Apparently, mptcp is able to call tcp_disconnect() on an already
disconnected flow. This is generally fine, unless current congestion
control is CDG, because it might trigger a double-free [1]

Instead of fixing MPTCP, and future bugs, we can make tcp_disconnect()
more resilient.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: double-free in slab_free mm/slub.c:3539 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: double-free in kfree+0xe2/0x580 mm/slub.c:4567

CPU: 0 PID: 3645 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-02734-g0326074ff465 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022
Workqueue: events mptcp_worker
Call Trace:

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:317 [inline]
print_report.cold+0x2ba/0x719 mm/kasan/report.c:433
kasan_report_invalid_free+0x81/0x190 mm/kasan/report.c:462
____kasan_slab_free+0x18b/0x1c0 mm/kasan/common.c:356
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:200 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1759 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x8b/0x1c0 mm/slub.c:1785
slab_free mm/slub.c:3539 [inline]
kfree+0xe2/0x580 mm/slub.c:4567
tcp_disconnect+0x980/0x1e20 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3145
__mptcp_close_ssk+0x5ca/0x7e0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2327
mptcp_do_fastclose net/mptcp/protocol.c:2592 [inline]
mptcp_worker+0x78c/0xff0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2627
process_one_work+0x991/0x1610 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306

Allocated by task 3671:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:38
kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:45 [inline]
set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:437 [inline]
____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:516 [inline]
____kasan_kmalloc mm/kasan/common.c:475 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0xa9/0xd0 mm/kasan/common.c:525
kmalloc_array include/linux/slab.h:640 [inline]
kcalloc include/linux/slab.h:671 [inline]
tcp_cdg_init+0x10d/0x170 net/ipv4/tcp_cdg.c:380
tcp_init_congestion_control+0xab/0x550 net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:193
tcp_reinit_congestion_control net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:217 [inline]
tcp_set_congestion_control+0x96c/0xaa0 net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:391
do_tcp_setsockopt+0x505/0x2320 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3513
tcp_setsockopt+0xd4/0x100 net/ipv4/tcp.c:3801
mptcp_setsockopt+0x35f/0x2570 net/mptcp/sockopt.c:844
__sys_setsockopt+0x2d6/0x690 net/socket.c:2252
__do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2263 [inline]
__se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2260 [inline]
__x64_sys_setsockopt+0xba/0x150 net/socket.c:2260
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Freed by task 16:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:38
kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:45
kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30 mm/kasan/generic.c:370
____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:367 [inline]
____kasan_slab_free+0x166/0x1c0 mm/kasan/common.c:329
kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:200 [inline]
slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1759 [inline]
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x8b/0x1c0 mm/slub.c:1785
slab_free mm/slub.c:3539 [inline]
kfree+0xe2/0x580 mm/slub.c:4567
tcp_cleanup_congestion_control+0x70/0x120 net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c:226
tcp_v4_destroy_sock+0xdd/0x750 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2254
tcp_v6_destroy_sock+0x11/0x20 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1969
inet_csk_destroy_sock+0x196/0x440 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c:1157
tcp_done+0x23b/0x340 net/ipv4/tcp.c:4649
tcp_rcv_state_process+0x40e7/0x4990 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6624
tcp_v6_do_rcv+0x3fc/0x13c0 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1525
tcp_v6_rcv+0x2e8e/0x3830 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1759
ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2db/0x1950 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:439
ip6_input_finish+0x14c/0x2c0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:484
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:302 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:296 [inline]
ip6_input+0x9c/0xd
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 1, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2025
Last updated Nov 7, 2025

Severity

High

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
High
Integrity
High
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:H/I:H/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.
(12th percentile)

Weaknesses

Double Free

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-49775

GHSA ID

GHSA-52wf-qx53-m2m5

Source code

No known source code

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