Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: fix TFO max_qlen accounting across reuseport migration
A listener's TCP_FASTOPEN max_qlen stops being accurate and lets through far more pending Fast Open requests than it was configured for.
This only shows up with SO_REUSEPORT listener migration, where closing a listener hands its still-pending TFO children over to a surviving one.
fastopenq.qlen is charged in tcp_fastopen_create_child() when the child is created and uncharged in reqsk_fastopen_remove() when the handshake completes. The uncharge follows rsk_listener of the request the child points at, and inet_reqsk_clone() has repointed the child at a new request owned by the new listener, so the ++ and the -- land on two different sockets. The new listener's qlen drifts negative and its limit no longer binds.
Charge the new listener during migration, like reqsk_queue_migrated() already does for queue->young and queue->qlen.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18, < e98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24; >= 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18, < b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6; >= 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18, < 585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670; >= 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18, < 6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88; >= 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18, < a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff; >= 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18, < d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3; >= 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18, < a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be |
| Linux | Linux | 5.14 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 22, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Received