CVE-2026-46227
Linux Linux Kernel
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: revalidate list cursor after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() in SCTP_SENDALL The SCTP_SENDALL path in sctp_sendmsg() iterates ep->asocs with list_for_each_entry_safe(), which caches the next entry in @tmp before the loop body runs. The body calls sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc(), which may drop the socket lock inside sctp_wait_for_sndbuf(). While the lock is dropped, another thread can SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF the association cached in @tmp, migrating it to a new endpoint via sctp_sock_migrate() (list_del_init() + list_add_tail() to newep->asocs), and optionally close the new socket which frees the association via kfree_rcu(). The cached @tmp can also be freed by a network ABORT for that association, processed in softirq while the lock is dropped. sctp_wait_for_sndbuf() revalidates @asoc (the current entry) on re-lock via the "sk != asoc->base.sk" and "asoc->base.dead" checks, but nothing revalidates @tmp. After a successful return, the iterator advances to the stale @tmp, yielding either a use-after-free (if the peeled socket was closed) or a list-walk onto the new endpoint's list head (type confusion of &newep->asocs as a struct sctp_association *). Both are reachable from CapEff=0; the type-confusion path gives controlled indirect call via the outqueue.sched->init_sid pointer. Fix by re-deriving @tmp from @asoc after sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() returns. @asoc is known to still be on ep->asocs at that point: the only callers that list_del an association from ep->asocs are sctp_association_free() (which sets asoc->base.dead) and sctp_assoc_migrate() (which changes asoc->base.sk), and sctp_wait_for_sndbuf() checks both under the lock before any successful return; a tripped check propagates as err < 0 and the loop bails before the re-derive. The SCTP_ABORT path in sctp_sendmsg_check_sflags() returns 0 and the loop hits 'continue' before sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() is ever called, so the @tmp cached by list_for_each_entry_safe(
Exploitation status
- A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.
What the metrics mean
- It is requires local access to the machine.
- For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
- To exploit it, an ordinary user account is needed.
- Beyond that, no action by a user is required.
Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Assigned by
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dates
- Published
- 2026-05-28
- Last modified
- 2026-08-25
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Linux Linux Kernel4.17 - 5.10.258, 5.11 - 5.15.209, 5.16 - 6.1.175, 6.2 - 6.6.140, 6.7 - 6.12.90, 6.13 - 6.18.32, 6.19 - 7.0.9, 7.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c7b55974f97b78d1109025eadf084e74cbf330f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dbc8cde64280fc37cdd678cced34eaf96cfb197
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bfb06ecb00f7fdf35dba8e8f2877346cbe5e078
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6187a172d6ed57d6b2c327836e4407c6456e639d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abb5f36771cc4c05899b34000829a787572a8817
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf0f40d8107e2ce827521968dc6926f3e13728ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9dadb31f36045a8cb65df4bd75e7237ef21a4b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3a3f0b406b4b7eb3cea35a23fa2bf170848b104
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26462
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26515
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26535
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26563
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27735
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33899