Commit 6d2cf411aba2 for kernel
commit 6d2cf411aba2aa0bd641b49be5b1964ac5097a50
Author: Yilin Zhang <yilinzhang@moonshot.ai>
Date: Fri Oct 30 23:03:51 2026 +0100
mptcp: do not use Fast Open on MP_JOIN subflows
tcp_fastopen_create_child() hands the SYN packet itself to
subflow_syn_recv_sock(). For an MP_JOIN request this takes the
fatal fallback: the cloned child is destroyed and handed back with
drop_req flagged, but tcp_fastopen_create_child() does not check
the flag and queues it, so accept() can expose the freed child.
MP_JOIN cannot use Fast Open: data on a subflow requires the
completed HMAC exchange (RFC 8684, sec. 3.2). Refuse it (only the
TFO path passes a SYN skb here) and let tcp_conn_request() fall
back to the regular MP_JOIN handshake; also strip the Fast Open
cookie from MP_JOIN SYN/ACKs.
Fixes: 90bf45134d55 ("mptcp: add new sock flag to deal with join subflows")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Kimi Security Team <bug-report@moonshot.ai>
Suggested-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Suggested-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Yilin Zhang <yilinzhang@moonshot.ai>
[ Moving code to avoid clearing TS and consolidating checks. ]
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261030-mptcp-tfo-mpj-v4-1-e6eff2027342@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 78e886b20258..00677fb3efcd 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ static void subflow_prep_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req,
struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(sk);
struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req);
+ /* MP_JOIN cannot use TFO, do not send a cookie in the SYN/ACK */
+ if (foc && mptcp_subflow_rsk(req)->mp_join)
+ foc->len = -1;
+
/* clear tstamp_ok, as needed depending on cookie */
if (foc && foc->len > -1)
ireq->tstamp_ok = 0;
@@ -887,6 +891,13 @@ static struct sock *subflow_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
fallback = true;
} else if (subflow_req->mp_join) {
+ /* a SYN skb here comes from TFO, which MP_JOIN cannot use: just
+ * fall back to the regular path.
+ */
+ if ((TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags & (TCPHDR_SYN | TCPHDR_ACK)) ==
+ TCPHDR_SYN)
+ return NULL;
+
mptcp_get_options(skb, &mp_opt);
if (!(mp_opt.suboptions & OPTION_MPTCP_MPJ_ACK))
fallback = true;