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CVE-2024-57882: Linux kernel · mptcp: fix TCP options overflow.

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 00:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Jan 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

A fix for this vulnerability has been implemented in the Linux kernel. Users and administrators should apply the official kernel updates that include this patch to remediate the issue. Since this is a kernel-level flaw, upgrading to a fixed kernel version is the recommended mitigation. No other specific mitigations or workarounds are indicated.

Description

CVE-2024-57882 is a medium severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Multipath TCP (mptcp) implementation. It involves a TCP options overflow caused by incorrect length computation of MPTCP options, specifically the ADD_ADDR option being improperly handled alongside the DSS option. This flaw can lead to a kernel crash (general protection fault) due to memory corruption. The issue was reported by Syzbot and involves a null pointer dereference and page flag corruption during TCP packet processing.

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