Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47591

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: remove tcp ulp setsockopt support TCPULP setsockopt cannot be used for mptcp because...

CVE-2021-47591

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: remove tcp ulp setsockopt support TCPULP setsockopt cannot be used for mptcp because its already used internally to plumb subflow tcp sockets to the mptcp layer. syzbot managed to trigger a crash for mptcp connections that...

CVE-2021-47591

CVE-2021-47591 affects the Linux kernel. The vulnerability arises from the TCP_ULP setsockopt mechanism, which is no longer supported for MPTCP as it is already used internally to connect subflow sockets to the MPTCP layer. In syzbot testing, a crash (KASAN null dereference) was observed on mptcp...