CVE-2026-74688 PUBLISHED

sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 22.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

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

sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed

sctp_make_heartbeat_ack() caches the destination transport in chunk->transport without taking a reference. When src_out_of_asoc_ok is enabled, the HEARTBEAT ACK may remain queued on control_chunk_list instead of being transmitted immediately.

If the peer transport is removed while the chunk is still queued, sctp_assoc_rm_peer() drops the transport and schedules it for RCU freeing, but only clears cached transport pointers in out_chunk_list. The queued control chunk therefore retains a dangling transport pointer.

Once an ASCONF_ACK clears the suppression and the queued control chunk is transmitted, SCTP dereferences the stale transport pointer, leading to a use-after-free.

Fix this by also clearing chunk->transport for queued control chunks in control_chunk_list when removing the transport.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to dbb3f418a8665ffb0514e1a9520ab6a1c5d4d886 (excl.)
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to fad4766a74220fe579c6fcaa10ba01c23529814f (excl.)
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to 936658ec41c28c397ef390140e02d4c91ade92f0 (excl.)
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to 8de65194a04d2552cd39b6c67d942d490f22d174 (excl.)
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to 6160e756db81d6cb63e3e2952efcf6c5134be385 (excl.)
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to 18d704bdd809377dfd81a3c2f42426763b5da227 (excl.)
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to 4d6b9cac6df5e0cfef1a66b3edd7aebdb9e4b7e7 (excl.)
  • affected from 8a07eb0a50aebc8c95478d49c28c7f8419a26cef to c9158ceaf27780ef64534ad72f44ffde3f8ccc49 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.265 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.216 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.183 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.152 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.104 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.45 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.9 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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