# CVE-2024-45010: mptcp: pm: only mark 'subflow' endp as available

> A logic error in the Linux kernel MPTCP path manager incorrectly decrements a counter, potentially leading to resource exhaustion or denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-49182, AZL-49263, BELL-CVE-2024-45010, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45010, GHSA-mfw6-959v-265j, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-45010, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45010

## What is CVE-2024-45010?

CVE-2024-45010 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: pm: only mark 'subflow' endp as available

Adding the following warning ...

  WARN_ON_ONCE(msk->pm.local_addr_used == 0)

... before decrementing the local_addr_used counter helped to find a bug
when running the "remove single address" subtest from the mptcp_join.sh
selftests.

Removing a 'signal' endpoint will trigger the removal of all subflows
linked to this endpoint via mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow() with
rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMSUBFLOW. This will decrement the local_addr_used
counter, which is wrong in this case because this counter is linked to
'subflow' endpoints, and here it is a 'signal' endpoint that is being
removed.

Now, the counter is decremented, only if the ID is being used outside
of mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(), only for 'subflow' endpoints, and
if the ID is not 0 -- local_addr_used is not taking into account these
ones. This marking of the ID as being available, and the decrement is
done no matter if a subflow using this ID is currently available,
because the subflow could have been closed before.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45010?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45010?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-45010 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45010 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45010 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45010 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45010 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45010/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45010/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45010
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45010
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45010

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