In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix TFO max_qlen accounting across reuseport migration A liste…
CVE-2026-74696 · published 22 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.5 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 5.14
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How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: fix TFO max_qlen accounting across reuseport migration
A listener's TCP_FASTOPEN max_qlen stops being accurate and lets through
far more pending Fast Open requests than it was configured for.
This only shows up with SO_REUSEPORT listener migration, where closing a
listener hands its still-pending TFO children over to a surviving one.
fastopenq.qlen is charged in tcp_fastopen_create_child() when the child
is created and uncharged in reqsk_fastopen_remove() when the handshake
completes. The uncharge follows rsk_listener of the request the child
points at, and inet_reqsk_clone() has repointed the child at a new
request owned by the new listener, so the ++ and the -- land on two
different sockets. The new listener's qlen drifts negative and its
limit no longer binds.
Charge the new listener during migration, like reqsk_queue_migrated()
already does for queue->young and queue->qlen.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/585fc5247d14939a561056aa2addd9b7c2b1f670
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e10ee56524a26b250229ad348637825646ddb88
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ab2ba83e35159d81cec830a92e885ecf8139be
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a66e869cf0c90c1e47ae75f72b6482acbfc808ff
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6247e0f96bd825ffb2005257f6177b5e642dee6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d974618b2097453778389d385e3741629c40e0a3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98f0d80b9cccb5f828425d2004f9686e7d1ae24
Merged from NVD. Last updated 24 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON