CVE-2026-98438

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: options: fix uninit-value in mptcp_write_data_fin When sending a DATA_FIN without data, and because the DATA_FIN occupies 1 octet of the connection-level sequence space [1], it is then required to add a DSS mapping with specific values. If the checksum has been negotiated, it also needs to be computed, and included in the outgoing packet, and thus the initial csum data needs to be reset to 0 as well. This is no longer the case since commit cfcceb7a39fc ("tcp: shrink per-packet memset in __tcp_transmit_skb()"), because the whole ext_copy structure is no longer zeroed by default. This seems to be the only case where use_map is changed and set afterwards, so initialising the csum field only in this case, along with other fields for this specific case.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-18 15:16:53.590000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:51.960000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98438",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-18T15:16:53.590",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:51.960",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmptcp: options: fix uninit-value in mptcp_write_data_fin\n\nWhen sending a DATA_FIN without data, and because the DATA_FIN occupies\n1 octet of the connection-level sequence space [1], it is then required\nto add a DSS mapping with specific values.\n\nIf the checksum has been negotiated, it also needs to be computed, and\nincluded in the outgoing packet, and thus the initial csum data needs to\nbe reset to 0 as well. This is no longer the case since commit\ncfcceb7a39fc (\"tcp: shrink per-packet memset in __tcp_transmit_skb()\"),\nbecause the whole ext_copy structure is no longer zeroed by default.\n\nThis seems to be the only case where use_map is changed and set\nafterwards, so initialising the csum field only in this case, along with\nother fields for this specific case."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "net/mptcp/options.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "cfcceb7a39fc10a6f896af8229bf81d96acb22cc",
              "lessThan": "9a682067dd7b9dce6b94a0a05661dcc921446402",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "cfcceb7a39fc10a6f896af8229bf81d96acb22cc",
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            }
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            {
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            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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        }
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    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a682067dd7b9dce6b94a0a05661dcc921446402",
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}