CVE-2025-68221: mptcp: fix address removal logic in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-68221DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68221
Published 16-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-68221 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6

Timeline

  1. 16-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix address removal logic in mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr Fix inverted WARN_ON_ONCE condition that prevented normal address removal counter updates. The current code only executes decrement logic when the counter is already 0 (abnormal state), while normal removals (counter > 0) are ignored.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu98 products
  • linux< 6.17.0-19.19
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.17.0-1009.9
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.17.10-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 63611391850850bf27f81afb0d0b6d1237a34006, < f7d953c38245c0e9d8e268fb6a9e524602fb44ec | ≥ 63611391850850bf27f81afb0d0b6d1237a34006, < 92e239e36d600002559074994a545fcfac9afd2d | 6.15

3 vendors · 100 products

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