WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow (3)

Status: upstream: reported on 2026/10/12 01:59
Subsystems: mptcp
Labels: prio:high
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Reported-by: syzbot+a0f240a492551e97b466@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 4d04h, last: 20h03m
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188ade5e assessment-security DenialOfService: ❌ Exploitable: ❌ FilesystemTrigger: ❌ NetworkTrigger: ✅ PeripheralTrigger: ❌ RemoteTrigger: ✅ Unprivileged: ✅ UserNamespace: ✅ VMGuestTrigger: ✅ VMHostTrigger: ✅ ❓ WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow (3) 2026/10/09 05:41 2026/10/09 05:41 2026/10/09 05:44 b2734a59
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[syzbot] [mptcp?] WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow (3) 0 (1) 2026/10/12 01:59
▶ ▼ Similar bugs (6)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow -1 1 1006d 1006d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/18 16:30
linux-5.15 WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow -1 1 996d 996d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2024/04/28 15:28
linux-5.15 WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow (2) origin:lts-only -1 syz, C error 8 721d 804d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/28 21:52
linux-6.1 WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow (2) -1 14 720d 789d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/01/04 07:58
upstream WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow (2) mptcp -1 2 313d 324d 0/29 closed as invalid on 2026/02/13 11:01
upstream WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow mptcp -1 syz, C error 90 731d 818d 28/29 fixed on 2024/11/12 23:31

Sample crash report:
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WARNING: net/mptcp/protocol.c:855 at __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x11cf/0x19a0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:855, CPU#1: syz.4.337/7111
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 7111 Comm: syz.4.337 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) 
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/16/2026
RIP: 0010:__mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x11cf/0x19a0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:855
Code: b6 04 26 84 c0 0f 85 57 05 00 00 41 c6 07 00 e9 e6 f5 ff ff e8 92 5d f7 f5 90 0f 0b 90 48 8b 5c 24 30 eb 0c e8 82 5d f7 f5 90 <0f> 0b 90 4d 89 ec 48 8b 7c 24 68 e8 11 13 01 00 e9 50 fd ff ff e8
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a18120 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff8bd0b1be RBX: ffff88802a7bf8e0 RCX: ffff888035d8be80
RDX: 8000000000000300 RSI: 0000000000000100 RDI: 0000000000004500
RBP: ffffc90000a18328 R08: 0000000000000100 R09: 1ffff110048f1958
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10048f1959 R12: 0000000000007fe4
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 000000002f8eae63 R15: 0000000000004500
FS:  00007f14a00f66c0(0000) GS:ffff888123bbf000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000287000 CR3: 000000007ec44000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 move_skbs_to_msk net/mptcp/protocol.c:971 [inline]
 mptcp_data_ready+0x3f5/0xc20 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1028
 subflow_data_ready+0x2bc/0x7f0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1540
 tcp_data_queue+0x1e94/0x5fa0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5700
 tcp_rcv_established+0xb05/0x2940 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6696
 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x727/0x13b0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1854
 tcp_v4_rcv+0x27d4/0x3170 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2248
 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x21d/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207
 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x3bb/0x6f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241
 NF_HOOK+0x336/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:325
 NF_HOOK+0x336/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:325
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6297 [inline]
 __netif_receive_skb net/core/dev.c:6410 [inline]
 process_backlog+0xa6b/0x18b0 net/core/dev.c:6761
 __napi_poll+0xaa/0x330 net/core/dev.c:7830
 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7893 [inline]
 net_rx_action+0x61d/0xf50 net/core/dev.c:8050
 handle_softirqs+0x226/0x860 kernel/softirq.c:645
 do_softirq+0x77/0xd0 kernel/softirq.c:546
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x100/0x140 kernel/softirq.c:473
 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline]
 rcu_read_unlock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:923 [inline]
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1efb/0x3920 net/core/dev.c:4993
 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3464 [inline]
 neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:544 [inline]
 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:558 [inline]
 ip_finish_output2+0xbda/0x10b0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:236
 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline]
 ip_output+0x29f/0x450 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:437
 __ip_queue_xmit+0x10df/0x1b10 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:533
 __tcp_transmit_skb+0x2d18/0x47c0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1717
 tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1734 [inline]
 tcp_write_xmit+0x1bfa/0x6400 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3062
 __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x96/0x380 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3245
 mptcp_push_release net/mptcp/protocol.c:1668 [inline]
 __mptcp_push_pending+0x60f/0x900 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1809
 mptcp_sendmsg+0x11ea/0x1d10 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2110
 sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x90/0x180 net/socket.c:800
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:815 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x54e/0x850 net/socket.c:2713
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x2a5/0x360 net/socket.c:2767
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2799 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2804 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2802 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1b1/0x290 net/socket.c:2802
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f149f19e1d9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 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 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f14a00f6028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f149f425fa0 RCX: 00007f149f19e1d9
RDX: 0000000000040010 RSI: 00002000000008c0 RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f149f235888 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f149f426038 R14: 00007f149f425fa0 R15: 00007ffe2ec5e878
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2026/10/11 09:55 net af32da41b032 4f92358f .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow
2026/10/08 01:56 net 23609bce9e1d 6520ecdb .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci-upstream-net-this-kasan-gce WARNING in __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.