7.5
/ 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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>
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>
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-43029
Source
Linux
Published
May 1, 2026 at 14:15
Modified
May 3, 2026 at 05:46
Affected Product
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Version
8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc
Affected Versions
Linux Linux 8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc
Linux Linux 8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc
Linux Linux 8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc
Linux Linux 49888b3b457b801282b44c246d289c56e2f2a55b
Linux Linux 0206a9341e652167c610dcd79f3d4e9e8153984c
Linux Linux 7d6d10eee01edc9c20850ea75cf8273dc1170921
Linux Linux 6.18
Linux Linux 8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc
Linux Linux 8e04ce45a8db7a080220e86e249198fa676b83dc
Linux Linux 49888b3b457b801282b44c246d289c56e2f2a55b
Linux Linux 0206a9341e652167c610dcd79f3d4e9e8153984c
Linux Linux 7d6d10eee01edc9c20850ea75cf8273dc1170921
Linux Linux 6.18