Service interruption via cross-DSS PMTU probe construction
Published Oct 29, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Denial of service in the Linux kernel MPTCP transmit path allows remote attackers to trigger DSS corruption via large PMTU probes. The tcp_mtu_probe path fails to preserve MPTCP-level invariants when it builds a large probe spanning multiple DSS mappings. An MPTCP connection and a sufficiently large path MTU are required; the resulting corruption interrupts service without reported disclosure or data modification.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the Linux kernel MPTCP transmit path allows remote attackers to trigger DSS corruption via large PMTU probes. The tcp_mtu_probe path fails to preserve MPTCP-level invariants when it builds a large probe spanning multiple DSS mappings. An MPTCP connection and a sufficiently large path MTU are required; the resulting corruption interrupts service without reported disclosure or data modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-50083
- Published
- Oct 29, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.6
- Affected versionversion=85712484110df308215077be6ee21c4e57d7dec2 <229dfdc36f31a8d47433438bc0e6e1662c4ab404
- Affected versionversion=85712484110df308215077be6ee21c4e57d7dec2 <4dabcdf581217e60690467a37c956a5b8dbc6bd9
- Affected versionversion=85712484110df308215077be6ee21c4e57d7dec2 <9729010a0ac5945c1bf6847dd0778d8a1a4b72ac
- Affected versionversion=85712484110df308215077be6ee21c4e57d7dec2 <ba8e65814e519eeb17d086952bce7de93f7a40da
- Affected versionversion=85712484110df308215077be6ee21c4e57d7dec2 <c38add9ac0e4d4f418e6443a688491499021add9
- Affected versionversion=85712484110df308215077be6ee21c4e57d7dec2 <db04d1848777ae52a7ab93c4591e7c0bf8f55fb4
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