CVE-2026-53225 PUBLISHED

sctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()

__sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup() in net/sctp/input.c only checks that the ASCONF chunk can hold the ADDIP header and a parameter header, then calls af->from_addr_param(), which reads the full address (16 bytes for IPv6) trusting the parameter's declared length.

An unauthenticated peer can send a truncated trailing ASCONF chunk that declares an IPv6 address parameter but stops after the 4-byte parameter header; reached from the no-association lookup path, from_addr_param() then reads uninitialized bytes past the parameter.

Impact: an unauthenticated SCTP peer makes the receive path read up to 16 bytes of uninitialized memory past a truncated ASCONF address parameter.

The sibling __sctp_rcv_init_lookup() bounds parameters with sctp_walk_params(); this path open-codes the fetch and omits the bound. Verify the whole address parameter lies within the chunk before from_addr_param() reads it, the same class of fix as commit 51e5ad549c43 ("net: sctp: fix KMSAN uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop").

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to 446e0ecd845abc394b24ae2030a883572bec9d16 (excl.)
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to 928dd94db23e8ba340f83d68f7f24d831b7a4426 (excl.)
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to d796cfd06074b579d265b28401306cadd30db945 (excl.)
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to 8ce96f1182644079249a24ac7e2ffc32e0301a46 (excl.)
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to d6bd0bb7697ea8c0387b0d9d973453f479017b23 (excl.)
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to f76a8b323e28e0951f979dbef20a7496383c47df (excl.)
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to 8e86817b8af4d552f3c6fe04ca52bb0c8c57411d (excl.)
  • affected from df21857714398acb8b24a8bb5a6d2286dd9c59ef to f8373d7090b745728de66308deeecc67e8d319ce (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.25 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.25 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.259 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.210 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.176 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.143 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.94 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.36 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.13 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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