CVE-2024-50185: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: handle consistently DSS corruption Bugged peer implementation can send corrupted DSS options, consistently hitting a few warning in the data path. Use DEBUG_NET assertions, to avoid the splat on some builds and handle consistently the error, dumping related MIBs and performing fallback and/or reset according to the subflow type.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.7, before 5.10.228 (fixed in 5.10.228); from 5.11, before 5.15.169 (fixed in 5.15.169); from 5.16, before 6.1.113 (fixed in 6.1.113); from 6.2, before 6.6.57 (fixed in 6.6.57); from 6.7, before 6.11.4 (fixed in 6.11.4); version 6.12 only

Published 2024-11-08. Last modified 2026-08-04.