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CVE-2026-23125
published 2026-02-14

CVE-2026-23125: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT A null-ptr-deref was…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.11%
1.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT A null-ptr-deref was reported in the SCTP transmit path when SCTP-AUTH key initialization fails: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f] CPU: 0 PID: 16 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G W 6.6.0 #2 RIP: 0010:sctp_packet_bundle_auth net/sctp/output.c:264 [inline] RIP: 0010:sctp_packet_append_chunk+0xb36/0x1260 net/sctp/output.c:401 Call Trace: sctp_packet_transmit_chunk+0x31/0x250 net/sctp/output.c:189 sctp_outq_flush_data+0xa29/0x26d0 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1111 sctp_outq_flush+0xc80/0x1240 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1217 sctp_cmd_interpreter.isra.0+0x19a5/0x62c0 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1787 sctp_side_effects net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1198 [inline] sctp_do_sm+0x1a3/0x670 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1169 sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x33e/0x640 net/sctp/associola.c:1052 sctp_inq_push+0x1dd/0x280 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88 sctp_rcv+0x11ae/0x3100 net/sctp/input.c:243 sctp6_rcv+0x3d/0x60 net/sctp/ipv6.c:1127 The issue is triggered when sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() fails in sctp_sf_do_5_1C_ack() while processing an INIT_ACK. In this case, the command sequence is currently: - SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT - SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP (T1_INIT) - SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START (T1_COOKIE) - SCTP_CMD_NEW_STATE (COOKIE_ECHOED) - SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY - SCTP_CMD_GEN_COOKIE_ECHO If SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY fails, asoc->shkey remains NULL, while asoc->peer.auth_capable and asoc->peer.peer_chunks have already been set by SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT. This allows a DATA chunk with auth = 1 and shkey = NULL to be queued by sctp_datamsg_from_user(). Since command interpretation stops on failure, no COOKIE_ECHO should been sent via SCTP_CMD_GEN_COOKIE_ECHO. However, the T1_COOKIE timer has already been started, and it may enqueue a COOKIE_ECHO into the outqueue later. As a result, the DATA chunk can be transmitted together with the COOKIE_ECHO in sctp_outq_flush_data(), leading to the obs

Affected

58 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 730fc3d05cd4ba4c9ce2de91f3d43349e95dbbf5 < 5a309bedf02ee08b0653215f06c94d61ec7a214a5a309bedf02ee08b0653215f06c94d61ec7a214a
linuxlinux>= 730fc3d05cd4ba4c9ce2de91f3d43349e95dbbf5 < 784428ab1889eb185a1459e9d6bc52df33d572ef784428ab1889eb185a1459e9d6bc52df33d572ef
linuxlinux>= 730fc3d05cd4ba4c9ce2de91f3d43349e95dbbf5 < e94294798548e8cfbd80869e1d2f97efce92582ce94294798548e8cfbd80869e1d2f97efce92582c
linuxlinux>= 730fc3d05cd4ba4c9ce2de91f3d43349e95dbbf5 < e7e81abbcc5620c9532080538f9709a6ea382855e7e81abbcc5620c9532080538f9709a6ea382855
linuxlinux>= 730fc3d05cd4ba4c9ce2de91f3d43349e95dbbf5 < bf2b543b3cc4ebb4ab5bca4f8dfa5612035d45b8bf2b543b3cc4ebb4ab5bca4f8dfa5612035d45b8
linuxlinux>= 730fc3d05cd4ba4c9ce2de91f3d43349e95dbbf5 < 0c4adb1f391a7b92a0405e9d7c05624c0d9f8a650c4adb1f391a7b92a0405e9d7c05624c0d9f8a65
linuxlinux>= 730fc3d05cd4ba4c9ce2de91f3d43349e95dbbf5 < a80c9d945aef55b23b54838334345f20251dad83a80c9d945aef55b23b54838334345f20251dad83
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.249-15.10.249-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.162-16.1.162-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.8-16.18.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.24 < 5.10.2495.10.249
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.1995.15.199
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1626.1.162
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.86.18.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1226.6.122
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.686.12.68
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-5.15

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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