CVE-2026-89477 (GCVE-0-2026-89477)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:43 – Updated: 2026-10-19 08:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
sctp: fix NULL deref on untransmitted RECONF completion
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: fix NULL deref on untransmitted RECONF completion
sctp_process_strreset_outreq(), sctp_process_strreset_addstrm_out() and
sctp_process_strreset_resp() complete a pending stream reconfiguration
request by stopping the reconf timer on the transport it was sent on:
t = asoc->strreset_chunk->transport;
if (timer_delete(&t->reconf_timer))
sctp_transport_put(t);
chunk->transport is assigned by __sctp_packet_append_chunk() when the
chunk is appended to an outbound packet, and sctp_outq_flush_ctrl() arms
the reconf timer at that same point. A request already published in
asoc->strreset_chunk but not yet transmitted has neither, so completing
it dereferences NULL.
Two ways to get there. sctp_send_asconf_del_ip() sets
asoc->src_out_of_asoc_ok without sending anything when the address being
removed is the association's last one, and sctp_outq_flush_ctrl() then
leaves every non-ASCONF control chunk queued; as only
sctp_process_asconf_ack() clears that flag, it persists. An unprivileged
process that removes such an address and then asks for a stream reset
panics the kernel from softirq. A peer needs neither ASCONF nor local
help: sctp_cmd_interpreter() uncorks the outqueue only once the whole
packet has been processed, so a reply built while walking a RECONF chunk
stays untransmitted for the rest of that walk, and one RECONF chunk
carrying [Incoming SSN Reset Request, Outgoing SSN Reset Request,
Response] -- or two RECONF chunks in one packet -- reaches the same
dereference.
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001e8-0x00000000000001ef]
RIP: 0010:timer_delete+0x67/0x110
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
sctp_process_strreset_addstrm_out (net/sctp/stream.c:832)
sctp_sf_do_reconf (net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:4212)
sctp_do_sm (net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1172)
sctp_assoc_bh_rcv (net/sctp/associola.c:1044)
sctp_rcv (net/sctp/input.c:243)
ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)
process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6680)
</IRQ>
A response can only acknowledge a request that was actually sent, so do
not match asoc->strreset_chunk while chunk->transport is NULL. Guarding
the lookup covers all three completion sites.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 19:22 UTC
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < 79ff751311e80fa0370007e46a79a6d601685e75
(git)
Affected: 81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < 53141db979687eae7dc6d29414cefc77034f967e (git) Affected: 81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < 68891125af5a5dfbca728809a16637a869bbe0df (git) Affected: 81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < b2d6d873b4dfb5b84194061c4b40a1cd85b92ca4 (git) Affected: 81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < 77ea60f2d24002c308f224db44a4542c466489af (git) Affected: 81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < 25419f516ea84b1e7d3d55aae5215ac86ece0c66 (git) Affected: 81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < 0ee697defc0594f1da810ed75d9d643fb46f5318 (git) Affected: 81054476453640159149cb6704e834893e16736b , < 2db9bfa3e27bdea15e05ea70b56bad3d21e570ec (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.11 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.270 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.221 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.188 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.109 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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