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CVE-2024-50083

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix mptcp DSS corruption due to large pmtu xmit Syzkaller was able to trigger a DSS c

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix mptcp DSS corruption due to large pmtu xmit Syzkaller was able to trigger a DSS corruption: TCP: request_sock_subflow_v4: Possible SYN flooding on port [::]:20002. Sending cookies. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5227 at net/mptcp/protocol.c:695 __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x20a9/0x21f0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:695 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5227 Comm: syz-executor350 Not tainted 6.11.0-syzkaller-08829-gaf9c191ac2a0 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 RIP: 0010:__mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x20a9/0x21f0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:695 Code: 0f b6 dc 31 ff 89 de e8 b5 dd ea f5 89 d8 48 81 c4 50 01 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 98 da ea f5 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 47 ff ff ff e8 8a da ea f5 90 0f 0b 90 e9 99 e0 ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006db8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffffffff8ba9df18 RBX: 00000000000055f0 RCX: ffff888030023c00 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 00000000000081e5 RDI: 00000000000055f0 RBP: 1ffff110062bf1ae R08: ffffffff8ba9cf12 R09: 1ffff110062bf1b8 R10: dffffc0000000000 R

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What to do: Apply the vendor’s update. The NVD record links to the advisory.

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.87%, higher than 59% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored November 9, 2026, updated daily.

Check your own setup

  • Website check: reads what your site runs from the outside (WordPress version, plugins it can see, old server software) and matches it against this database.
  • Server check: what your web server says about itself, and whether that version has known flaws.

Part of the Huttenlocher Technologies vulnerability database, refreshed twice a day from CISA and the NVD. The title, category and plain-language guidance are ours; check the linked record before acting on a detail. This is general guidance, not a review of your systems.

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