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.
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.
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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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. | |
| Title | sctp: check RCV_SHUTDOWN after the sendmsg connect wait | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:50:34.714Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.373Z
Link: CVE-2026-98846
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:38.947
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:38.947
Link: CVE-2026-98846
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