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CVE-2026-53183

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: allow subflow rcv wnd to shrink In MPTCP connection, the `window` field in the TCP header refers to the MPTCP-level rcv_nxt and it's right edge should not move backward. Such constraint is enforced at DSS option generation time. At the same time, the TCP stack ensures independently that the TCP-level rcv wnd right's edge does not move backward. That in turn causes artificial inflating of the MPTCP rcv window when the incoming data is acked at the TCP level and is OoO in the MPTCP sequence space (or lands in the backlog). As a consequence, the incoming traffic can exceed the receiver rcvbuf size even when the sender is not misbehaving. Prevent such scenario forcibly allowing the TCP subflow to shrink the TCP-level rcv wnd regardless of the current netns setting.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53183
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 08:38 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 08:38 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

No CVSS data available.

Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux f3589be0c420a3137e5902d15705ced6a36f3f43 < bf364b0f10b27679140699821f88af7f01e2a6e3, f3589be0c420a3137e5902d15705ced6a36f3f43 < b1fd13074f22105deec45aa02283e322733e0c2d, f3589be0c420a3137e5902d15705ced6a36f3f43 < aa3861f40ac32706d9e97bfac76984613e278788, f3589be0c420a3137e5902d15705ced6a36f3f43 < 653245266913f03fcf21cbca68eed5c197a33e52 …
Linux Linux 5.19, 0 < 5.19, 6.1.176 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.* …
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