CVE-2025-68291

EPSS 0.0%
  • Published: 2025-12-16T16:16:07.980

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

mptcp: Initialise rcv_mss before calling tcp_send_active_reset() in mptcp_do_fastclose().

syzbot reported divide-by-zero in __tcp_select_window() by
MPTCP socket. [0]

We had a similar issue for the bare TCP and fixed in commit
499350a5a6e7 (“tcp: initialize rcv_mss to TCP_MIN_MSS instead
of 0”).

Let’s apply the same fix to mptcp_do_fastclose().

[0]:
Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6068 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025
RIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x824/0x1320 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3336
Code: ff ff ff 44 89 f1 d3 e0 89 c1 f7 d1 41 01 cc 41 21 c4 e9 a9 00 00 00 e8 ca 49 01 f8 e9 9c 00 00 00 e8 c0 49 01 f8 44 89 e0 99 7c 24 1c 41 29 d4 48 bb 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e9 80 00 00 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003017640 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88807b469e40
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffffc90003017730 R08: ffff888033268143 R09: 1ffff1100664d028
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100664d029 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 000055557faa0500(0000) GS:ffff888126135000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f64a1912ff8 CR3: 0000000072122000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:

tcp_select_window net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:281 [inline]
__tcp_transmit_skb+0xbc7/0x3aa0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1568
tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1649 [inline]
tcp_send_active_reset+0x2d1/0x5b0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3836
mptcp_do_fastclose+0x27e/0x380 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2793
mptcp_disconnect+0x238/0x710 net/mptcp/protocol.c:3253
mptcp_sendmsg_fastopen+0x2f8/0x580 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1776
mptcp_sendmsg+0x1774/0x1980 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1855
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x270 net/socket.c:742
__sys_sendto+0x3bd/0x520 net/socket.c:2244
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2251 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2247 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendto+0xde/0x100 net/socket.c:2247
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f66e998f749
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007ffff9acedb8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f66e9be5fa0 RCX: 00007f66e998f749
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007ffff9acee10 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
R13: 00007f66e9be5fa0 R14: 00007f66e9be5fa0 R15: 0000000000000006

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How to fix CVE-2025-68291

CVE-2025-68291 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Initialise rcv_mss before calling tcp_send_active_reset() in mptcp_do_fastclose(). syzbot reported divide-by-zero in __tcp_select_window() by MPTCP socket. [0] We had a similar issue for the bare TCP and fixed in commit 499350a5a6e7 (“tcp: initialize rcv_mss to TCP_MIN_MSS instead of 0”). Let’s apply the same fix to […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Dec 16, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Dec 24, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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