Vulnerability · CVE-2025-68291
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Initialise rcv_mss before calling tcp_send_active_reset() in mptcp_do_fastclose().
Published Dec 16, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · In the Linux kernel,
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68291. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of In the Linux kernel, is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (In the Linux kernel,).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Unknown—
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.22%
- Remediation
- Not established
- Affected products
- See sources for product scope
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Initialise rcv_mss before calling tcp_send_active_reset() in mptcp_do_fastclose(). syzbot reported divide-by-zero in __tcp_select_window() by MPTCP socket. [0] We had a similar issue for the bare TCP and fixed in commit 499350a5a6e7 ("tcp: initialize rcv_mss to TCP_MIN_MSS instead of 0"). Let's apply the same fix to mptcp_do_fastclose(). [0]: Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6068 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025 RIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x824/0x1320 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3336 Code: ff ff ff 44 89 f1 d3 e0 89 c1 f7 d1 41 01 cc 41 21 c4 e9 a9 00 00 00 e8 ca 49 01 f8 e9 9c 00 00 00 e8 c0 49 01 f8 44 89 e0 99 7c 24 1c 41 29 d4 48 bb 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e9 80 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003017640 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff88807b469e40 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc90003017730 R08: ffff888033268143 R09: 1ffff1100664d028 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100664d029 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 000055557faa0500(0000) GS:ffff888126135000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f64a1912ff8 CR3: 0000000072122000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 Call Trace: tcp_select_window net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:281 [inline] __tcp_transmit_skb+0xbc7/0x3aa0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1568 tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1649 [inline] tcp_send_active_reset+0x2d1/0x5b0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3836 mptcp_do_fastclose+0x27e/0x380 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2793 mptcp_disconnect+0x238/0x710 net/mptcp/protocol.c:3253 mptcp_sendmsg_fastopen+0x2f8/0x580 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1776 mptcp_sendmsg+0x1774/0x1980 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1855 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0xe5/0x270 ne
No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.
How to fix CVE-2025-68291
Recommended remediation
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-68291. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of In the Linux kernel, is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.22%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 16, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Initialise rcv_mss before calling tcp_send_active_reset() in mptcp_do_fastclose(). syzbot reported divide-by-zero in __tcp_select_window() by MPTCP socket. [0] We had a similar issue for the bare TCP and fixed in commit 499350a5a6e7 ("tcp: initialize rcv_mss to TCP_MIN_MSS instead of 0"). Let's apply the same fix to mptcp_d
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Initialise rcv_mss before calling tcp_send_active_reset() in mptcp_do_fastclose(). syzbot reported divide-by-zero in __tcp_select_window() by MPTCP socket. [0] We had a similar issue for the bare TCP and fixed in commit 499350a5a6e7 ("tcp: initialize rcv_mss to TCP_MIN_MSS instead of 0"). Let's apply the same fix to mptcp_d
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68291
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-68291
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68291
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: Initialise rcv_mss before calling tcp_send_active_reset() in mptcp_do_fastclose(). syzbot reported divide-by-zero in __tcp_select_window() by MPTCP socket. [0] We had a similar issue for the bare TCP an
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.