sctp: fix err_chunk memory leaks in INIT handling (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-72413
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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().

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European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < a8e6a839c0e7ca1da752faaab51e2eafb17483a4 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 43ddbcdc0ed74a8fba4aff5e623ace8135411b93 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6acedac7a14af71cfe25024ead28e16a070899e4 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 1cae40d423a2042c7970f29c00028951ec20db8a ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 94f55994e19e8f0676990b9d5015b58ab6a97e00 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 9f58a0a4d6c2ed5d341bba64f058f15d1b0c36f2
Linux · Linuxaffected 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

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