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CVE-2026-23321 medium CVSS 5.5

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23321)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23321). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

mptcp: pm: in-kernel: always mark signal+subflow endp as used

Syzkaller managed to find a combination of actions that was generating
this warning:

msk->pm.local_addr_used == 0
WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at __mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 [inline], CPU#1: syz.2.17/961
WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1103 [inline], CPU#1: syz.2.17/961
WARNING: net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 at mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x81d/0x8f0 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1210, CPU#1: syz.2.17/961
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 961 Comm: syz.2.17 Not tainted 6.19.0-08368-gfafda3b4b06b #22 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 25.10 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, + 10.1 machine, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1build1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__mark_subflow_endp_available net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1071 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_nl_remove_subflow_and_signal_addr net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1103 [inline]
RIP: 0010:mptcp_pm_nl_del_addr_doit+0x81d/0x8f0 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1210
Code: 89 c5 e8 46 30 6f fe e9 21 fd ff ff 49 83 ed 80 e8 38 30 6f fe 4c 89 ef be 03 00 00 00 e8 db 49 df fe eb ac e8 24 30 6f fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 1d ff ff ff e8 16 30 6f fe eb 05 e8 0f 30 6f fe e8 9a
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001663880 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: ffffffff82de1a6c RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88800722b500
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23321 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23321" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23321 (Kernel) — CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.17, 6.19.7.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch 
    Upgrade Kernel to 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.17, 6.19.7

    ステージング環境で 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.167"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.130"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.78"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.11.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.17"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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