sctp: fix err_chunk memory leaks in INIT handling (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix err_chunk memory leaks in INIT handling When sctp_verify_init() encounters unrecognized parameters, it allocates an err_chunk to report them. However, this chunk is leaked in several code paths: 1. In sctp_sf_do_5_1B_init(), if security_sctp_assoc_request() fails after sctp_verify_init() has populated err_chunk, the function returns immediately without freeing it. 2. In sctp_sf_do_unexpected_init(), the same leak occurs on the security_sctp_assoc_request() failure path. 3. In sctp_sf_do_unexpected_init(), on the success path after copying unrecognized parameters to the INIT-ACK, the function returns without freeing err_chunk, unlike sctp_sf_do_5_1B_init() which properly frees it. Fix all three leaks by adding sctp_chunk_free(err_chunk) calls before returning in the error paths and on the success path in sctp_sf_do_unexpected_init().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8e6a839c0e7ca1da752faaab51e2eafb17483a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43ddbcdc0ed74a8fba4aff5e623ace8135411b93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6acedac7a14af71cfe25024ead28e16a070899e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cae40d423a2042c7970f29c00028951ec20db8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94f55994e19e8f0676990b9d5015b58ab6a97e00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f58a0a4d6c2ed5d341bba64f058f15d1b0c36f2
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-59312
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-72413
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < a8e6a839c0e7ca1da752faaab51e2eafb17483a4 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 43ddbcdc0ed74a8fba4aff5e623ace8135411b93 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6acedac7a14af71cfe25024ead28e16a070899e4 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 1cae40d423a2042c7970f29c00028951ec20db8a ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 94f55994e19e8f0676990b9d5015b58ab6a97e00 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 9f58a0a4d6c2ed5d341bba64f058f15d1b0c36f2 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.12 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.12 ; unaffected 6.1.189 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.158 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.111 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.53 ≤ 6.18.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |