# CVE-2024-53123: mptcp: error out earlier on disconnect

> A division by zero error in the Linux kernel MPTCP protocol allows local attackers to cause a system crash via specific socket operations.

- **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:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-54230, BELL-CVE-2024-53123, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53123, GHSA-58qx-pwx2-gqm9, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53123

## What is CVE-2024-53123?

CVE-2024-53123 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Dec 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: error out earlier on disconnect

Eric reported a division by zero splat in the MPTCP protocol:

Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6094 Comm: syz-executor317 Not tainted
6.12.0-rc5-syzkaller-00291-g05b92660cdfe #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine,
BIOS Google 09/13/2024
RIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x5b4/0x1310 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3163
Code: f6 44 01 e3 89 df e8 9b 75 09 f8 44 39 f3 0f 8d 11 ff ff ff e8
0d 74 09 f8 45 89 f4 e9 04 ff ff ff e8 00 74 09 f8 44 89 f0 99 <f7> 7c
24 14 41 29 d6 45 89 f4 e9 ec fe ff ff e8 e8 73 09 f8 48 89
RSP: 0018:ffffc900041f7930 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000017e67 RBX: 0000000000017e67 RCX: ffffffff8983314b
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff898331b0 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00000000005d6000 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000017e67
R10: 0000000000003e80 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000003e80
R13: ffff888031d9b440 R14: 0000000000017e67 R15: 00000000002eb000
FS: 00007feb5d7f16c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007feb5d8adbb8 CR3: 0000000074e4c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__tcp_cleanup_rbuf+0x3e7/0x4b0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1493
mptcp_rcv_space_adjust net/mptcp/protocol.c:2085 [inline]
mptcp_recvmsg+0x2156/0x2600 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2289
inet_recvmsg+0x469/0x6a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:885
sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1051 [inline]
sock_recvmsg+0x1b2/0x250 net/socket.c:1073
__sys_recvfrom+0x1a5/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2265
__do_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2283 [inline]
__se_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2279 [inline]
__x64_sys_recvfrom+0xe0/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2279
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7feb5d857559
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48
89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d
01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007feb5d7f1208 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002d
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007feb5d8e1318 RCX: 00007feb5d857559
RDX: 000000800000000e RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007feb5d8e1310 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff81000000
R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007feb5d8e131c
R13: 00007feb5d8ae074 R14: 000000800000000e R15: 00000000fffffdef

and provided a nice reproducer.

The root cause is the current bad handling of racing disconnect.
After the blamed commit below, sk_wait_data() can return (with
error) with the underlying socket disconnected and a zero rcv_mss.

Catch the error and return without performing any additional
operations on the current socket.

Weakness: CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53123?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53123?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53123 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53123 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2024-53123 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53123 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 2 Dec 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-2024-53123 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-2024-53123/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53123/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53123
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53123
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53123

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