CVE-2026-74688

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When src_out_of_asoc_ok is\nenabled, the HEARTBEAT ACK may remain queued on control_chunk_list instead\nof being transmitted immediately.\n\nIf the peer transport is removed while the chunk is still queued,\nsctp_assoc_rm_peer() drops the transport and schedules it for RCU freeing,\nbut only clears cached transport pointers in out_chunk_list. The queued\ncontrol chunk therefore retains a dangling transport pointer.\n\nOnce an ASCONF_ACK clears the suppression and the queued control chunk is\ntransmitted, SCTP dereferences the stale transport pointer, leading to a\nuse-after-free.\n\nFix this by also clearing chunk->transport for queued control chunks in\ncontrol_chunk_list when removing the transport."}], "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 from remotely received SCTP packets (HEARTBEAT, ASCONF, ASCONF_ACK) processed in sctp_rcv() and the association input state machine on internet-facing SCTP servers and telecom endpoints.\nAC:L - A remote SCTP peer controls packet sequencing and can send HEARTBEAT while src_out_of_asoc_ok blocks transmission, remove transports via ASCONF DEL_IP, then trigger flush when ASCONF_ACK clears suppression.\nPR:N - 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When src_out_of_asoc_ok is\nenabled, the HEARTBEAT ACK may remain queued on control_chunk_list instead\nof being transmitted immediately.\n\nIf the peer transport is removed while the chunk is still queued,\nsctp_assoc_rm_peer() drops the transport and schedules it for RCU freeing,\nbut only clears cached transport pointers in out_chunk_list. 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When src_out_of_asoc_ok is\nenabled, the HEARTBEAT ACK may remain queued on control_chunk_list instead\nof being transmitted immediately.\n\nIf the peer transport is removed while the chunk is still queued,\nsctp_assoc_rm_peer() drops the transport and schedules it for RCU freeing,\nbut only clears cached transport pointers in out_chunk_list. The queued\ncontrol chunk therefore retains a dangling transport pointer.\n\nOnce an ASCONF_ACK clears the suppression and the queued control chunk is\ntransmitted, SCTP dereferences the stale transport pointer, leading to a\nuse-after-free.\n\nFix this by also clearing chunk->transport for queued control chunks in\ncontrol_chunk_list when removing the transport."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nsctp: borrar el transporte del fragmento de control si est\u00e1 siendo eliminado\n\nsctp_make_heartbeat_ack() almacena en cach\u00e9 el transporte de destino en chunk -> transport sin tomar una referencia. Cuando src_out_of_asoc_ok est\u00e1 habilitado, el ACK de HEARTBEAT puede permanecer en cola en control_chunk_list en lugar de ser transmitido inmediatamente.\n\nSi el transporte del par es eliminado mientras el fragmento todav\u00eda est\u00e1 en cola, sctp_assoc_rm_peer() descarta el transporte y lo programa para liberaci\u00f3n RCU, pero solo borra los punteros de transporte almacenados en cach\u00e9 en out_chunk_list. El fragmento de control en cola, por lo tanto, retiene un puntero de transporte colgante.\n\nUna vez que un ASCONF_ACK borra la supresi\u00f3n y el fragmento de control en cola es transmitido, SCTP desreferencia el puntero de transporte obsoleto, lo que lleva a un uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n.\n\nSolucione esto borrando tambi\u00e9n chunk -> transport para los fragmentos de control en cola en control_chunk_list al eliminar el transporte."}], "id": "CVE-2026-74688", "lastModified": "2026-10-16T20:17:51.773", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2026-74688", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "yes"}, {"technicalImpact": "total"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2026-10-16T19:14:32.502704Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2026-08-22T16:16:43.180", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18d704bdd809377dfd81a3c2f42426763b5da227"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6b9cac6df5e0cfef1a66b3edd7aebdb9e4b7e7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6160e756db81d6cb63e3e2952efcf6c5134be385"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de65194a04d2552cd39b6c67d942d490f22d174"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/936658ec41c28c397ef390140e02d4c91ade92f0"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9158ceaf27780ef64534ad72f44ffde3f8ccc49"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbb3f418a8665ffb0514e1a9520ab6a1c5d4d886"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fad4766a74220fe579c6fcaa10ba01c23529814f"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed", "id": "2521438", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521438"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.0", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-825", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nsctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed\nsctp_make_heartbeat_ack() caches the destination transport in\nchunk->transport without taking a reference. When src_out_of_asoc_ok is\nenabled, the HEARTBEAT ACK may remain queued on control_chunk_list instead\nof being transmitted immediately.\nIf the peer transport is removed while the chunk is still queued,\nsctp_assoc_rm_peer() drops the transport and schedules it for RCU freeing,\nbut only clears cached transport pointers in out_chunk_list. The queued\ncontrol chunk therefore retains a dangling transport pointer.\nOnce an ASCONF_ACK clears the suppression and the queued control chunk is\ntransmitted, SCTP dereferences the stale transport pointer, leading to a\nuse-after-free.\nFix this by also clearing chunk->transport for queued control chunks in\ncontrol_chunk_list when removing the transport.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation. This vulnerability arises when the sctp_make_heartbeat_ack() function caches a destination transport without taking a proper reference. If the associated peer transport is removed while a HEARTBEAT ACK chunk remains queued, a dangling pointer is created. A remote attacker could exploit this use-after-free condition by triggering the transmission of the queued control chunk, potentially leading to a denial of service or arbitrary code execution."], "name": "CVE-2026-74688", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2026-08-22T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74688\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74688\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026082233-CVE-2026-74688-5133@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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