CVE-2026-98846
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: check RCV_SHUTDOWN after the sendmsg connect wait sctp_wait_for_connect() drops the socket lock while it sleeps. An out-of-the-blue ABORT can then be processed from the socket backlog and unlink the association. If a concurrent shutdown(fd, SHUT_RD) sets RCV_SHUTDOWN, the waiter breaks with err == 0 before checking asoc->base.dead. Its final sctp_association_put() can then free the association, leaving sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() to continue with a dangling pointer. Check RCV_SHUTDOWN along with the wait error in sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() before using the association again. The check only accesses the socket, so it needs no additional association reference. Return the existing -ESRCH so that sctp_sendmsg() skips freeing a new association that may already have been destroyed. Keep sctp_wait_for_connect() unchanged to preserve its behavior for the connect() caller.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-18 16:17:38.947000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:21:30.343000
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"published": "2026-10-18T16:17:38.947",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: check RCV_SHUTDOWN after the sendmsg connect wait\n\nsctp_wait_for_connect() drops the socket lock while it sleeps. An\nout-of-the-blue ABORT can then be processed from the socket backlog and\nunlink the association. If a concurrent shutdown(fd, SHUT_RD) sets\nRCV_SHUTDOWN, the waiter breaks with err == 0 before checking\nasoc->base.dead. Its final sctp_association_put() can then free the\nassociation, leaving sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc() to continue with a dangling\npointer.\n\nCheck RCV_SHUTDOWN along with the wait error in sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc()\nbefore using the association again. The check only accesses the socket,\nso it needs no additional association reference. Return the existing\n-ESRCH so that sctp_sendmsg() skips freeing a new association that may\nalready have been destroyed.\n\nKeep sctp_wait_for_connect() unchanged to preserve its behavior for the\nconnect() caller."
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