The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 71154bbe49423128c1c8577b6576de1ed6836830 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2026010538-sage-flashcard-993f@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 71154bbe49423128c1c8577b6576de1ed6836830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Abeni pabeni@redhat.com Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:54:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: fallback earlier on simult connection
Syzkaller reports a simult-connect race leading to inconsistent fallback status:
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 33 at net/mptcp/subflow.c:1515 subflow_data_ready+0x40b/0x7c0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1515 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 33 Comm: ksoftirqd/3 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:subflow_data_ready+0x40b/0x7c0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1515 Code: 89 ee e8 78 61 3c f6 40 84 ed 75 21 e8 8e 66 3c f6 44 89 fe bf 07 00 00 00 e8 c1 61 3c f6 41 83 ff 07 74 09 e8 76 66 3c f6 90 <0f> 0b 90 e8 6d 66 3c f6 48 89 df e8 e5 ad ff ff 31 ff 89 c5 89 c6 RSP: 0018:ffffc900006cf338 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888031acd100 RCX: ffffffff8b7f2abf RDX: ffff88801e6ea440 RSI: ffffffff8b7f2aca RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000007 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000002c10 R12: ffff88802ba69900 R13: 1ffff920000d9e67 R14: ffff888046f81800 R15: 0000000000000004 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d69bc000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000560fc0ca1670 CR3: 0000000032c3a000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> tcp_data_queue+0x13b0/0x4f90 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5197 tcp_rcv_state_process+0xfdf/0x4ec0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6922 tcp_v6_do_rcv+0x492/0x1740 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1672 tcp_v6_rcv+0x2976/0x41e0 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1918 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x188/0x1520 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438 ip6_input_finish+0x1e4/0x4b0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:489 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ip6_input+0x105/0x2f0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:500 dst_input include/net/dst.h:471 [inline] ip6_rcv_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0x264/0x650 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:311 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x12d/0x1e0 net/core/dev.c:5979 __netif_receive_skb+0x1d/0x160 net/core/dev.c:6092 process_backlog+0x442/0x15e0 net/core/dev.c:6444 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xba/0x550 net/core/dev.c:7494 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7557 [inline] net_rx_action+0xa9f/0xfe0 net/core/dev.c:7684 handle_softirqs+0x216/0x8e0 kernel/softirq.c:579 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:968 [inline] run_ksoftirqd+0x3a/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:960 smpboot_thread_fn+0x3f7/0xae0 kernel/smpboot.c:160 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x5d7/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 </TASK>
The TCP subflow can process the simult-connect syn-ack packet after transitioning to TCP_FIN1 state, bypassing the MPTCP fallback check, as the sk_state_change() callback is not invoked for * -> FIN_WAIT1 transitions.
That will move the msk socket to an inconsistent status and the next incoming data will hit the reported splat.
Close the race moving the simult-fallback check at the earliest possible stage - that is at syn-ack generation time.
About the fixes tags: [2] was supposed to also fix this issue introduced by [3]. [1] is required as a dependence: it was not explicitly marked as a fix, but it is one and it has already been backported before [3]. In other words, this commit should be backported up to [3], including [2] and [1] if that's not already there.
Fixes: 23e89e8ee7be ("tcp: Don't drop SYN+ACK for simultaneous connect().") [1] Fixes: 4fd19a307016 ("mptcp: fix inconsistent state on fastopen race") [2] Fixes: 1e777f39b4d7 ("mptcp: add MSG_FASTOPEN sendmsg flag support") [3] Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: syzbot+0ff6b771b4f7a5bce83b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/586 Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni pabeni@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251212-net-mptcp-subflow_data_ready-warn-v1-1-d1f... Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni pabeni@redhat.com
diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c index f24ae7d40e88..43df4293f58b 100644 --- a/net/mptcp/options.c +++ b/net/mptcp/options.c @@ -408,6 +408,16 @@ bool mptcp_syn_options(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, */ subflow->snd_isn = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq; if (subflow->request_mptcp) { + if (unlikely(subflow_simultaneous_connect(sk))) { + WARN_ON_ONCE(!mptcp_try_fallback(sk, MPTCP_MIB_SIMULTCONNFALLBACK)); + + /* Ensure mptcp_finish_connect() will not process the + * MPC handshake. + */ + subflow->request_mptcp = 0; + return false; + } + opts->suboptions = OPTION_MPTCP_MPC_SYN; opts->csum_reqd = mptcp_is_checksum_enabled(sock_net(sk)); opts->allow_join_id0 = mptcp_allow_join_id0(sock_net(sk)); diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h index 9c0d17876b22..bed0c9aa28b6 100644 --- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h +++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h @@ -1337,10 +1337,8 @@ static inline bool subflow_simultaneous_connect(struct sock *sk) { struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(sk);
- return (1 << sk->sk_state) & - (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_FIN_WAIT1 | TCPF_FIN_WAIT2 | TCPF_CLOSING) && - is_active_ssk(subflow) && - !subflow->conn_finished; + /* Note that the sk state implies !subflow->conn_finished. */ + return sk->sk_state == TCP_SYN_RECV && is_active_ssk(subflow); }
#ifdef CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c index 86ce58ae533d..96d54cb2cd93 100644 --- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c +++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c @@ -1878,12 +1878,6 @@ static void subflow_state_change(struct sock *sk)
__subflow_state_change(sk);
- if (subflow_simultaneous_connect(sk)) { - WARN_ON_ONCE(!mptcp_try_fallback(sk, MPTCP_MIB_SIMULTCONNFALLBACK)); - subflow->conn_finished = 1; - mptcp_propagate_state(parent, sk, subflow, NULL); - } - /* as recvmsg() does not acquire the subflow socket for ssk selection * a fin packet carrying a DSS can be unnoticed if we don't trigger * the data available machinery here.