CVE-2026-74588

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If that transport is removed - sctp_assoc_rm_peer()\nfrom an ASCONF Delete-IP - sctp_transport_free() RCU-frees it and the chunk\nis left with a dangling pointer. sctp_assoc_rm_peer() scrubs\npeer->transmitted and asoc->outqueue.out_chunk_list, but the chunk is on\nneither.\n\nThe pointer is not followed while tsn_gap_acked is set. A SACK that\nreneges on the TSN clears the flag, and the next SACK reaches\n\n\ttchunk->transport->flight_size -= sctp_data_size(tchunk);\n\ninside the freed transport. KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free read in\nsctp_check_transmitted(), freed from sctp_assoc_rm_peer(). Both the\nremoval and the SACKs come from the association peer.\n\nSet chunk->transport at the move. The ordinary resend path needs nothing:\nit reaches its list_move_tail() only after sctp_packet_append_chunk()\nreturned SCTP_XMIT_OK, and __sctp_packet_append_chunk() has rebound the\nchunk by then.\n\nDiscovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>"}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - The bug is reached when the kernel SCTP stack processes inbound SACK and ASCONF chunks from a remote association peer via sctp_rcv()/sctp_inq_push(), with no local syscall or ioctl required on the victim.\nAC:L - The remote peer controls the SCTP protocol sequence (gap SACKs, ADDIP multihoming, ASCONF Delete-IP, and SACK reneging) needed to strand a chunk and free its transport; no attacker-uncontrollable race or rare memory layout is required.\nPR:N - Exploitation requires only network access as an established SCTP 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The ordinary resend path needs nothing:\nit reaches its list_move_tail() only after sctp_packet_append_chunk()\nreturned SCTP_XMIT_OK, and __sctp_packet_append_chunk() has rebound the\nchunk by then.\n\nDiscovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nsctp: mantener chunk -> transport sincronizado con la lista en la que est\u00e1 en cola\n\n__sctp_outq_flush_rtx() mueve un chunk con acuse de recibo de brecha a la lista de transmitidos de otro transporte sin actualizar chunk -> transport:\n\n\tif (chunk -> tsn_gap_acked) {\n\t\tlist_move_tail(&chunk -> transmitted_list,\n\t\t\t &transport -> transmitted);\n\t\tcontinue;\n\t}\n\nEl chunk entonces permanece en la lista de un transporte activo mientras chunk -> transport todav\u00eda nombra a uno diferente. Si ese transporte es eliminado - sctp_assoc_rm_peer() de un ASCONF Delete-IP - sctp_transport_free() lo libera con RCU y el chunk queda con un puntero colgante. sctp_assoc_rm_peer() limpia peer -> transmitted y asoc -> outqueue.out_chunk_list, pero el chunk no est\u00e1 en ninguna de ellas.\n\nEl puntero no es seguido mientras tsn_gap_acked est\u00e1 establecido. Un SACK que revoca el TSN borra la bandera, y el siguiente SACK alcanza\n\n\ttchunk -> transport -> flight_size -= sctp_data_size(tchunk);\n\ndentro del transporte liberado. KASAN reporta una lectura de uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n de slab en sctp_check_transmitted(), liberado desde sctp_assoc_rm_peer(). Tanto la eliminaci\u00f3n como los SACK provienen del par de la asociaci\u00f3n.\n\nEstablecer chunk -> transport en el movimiento. 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