High · published September 15, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: handle the error returned from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key
When it returns an error from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key(), the
active_key is actually not updated. The old sh_key will be freeed
while it's still used as active key in asoc. Then an use-after-free
will be triggered when sending patckets, as found by syzbot:
sctp_auth_shkey_hold+0x22/0xa0 net/sctp/auth.c:112
sctp_set_owner_w net/sctp/socket.c:132 [inline]
sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0xbd5/0x1a20 net/sctp/socket.c:1863
sctp_sendmsg+0x1053/0x1d50 net/sctp/socket.c:2025
inet_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:819
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734
This patch is to fix it by not replacing the sh_key when it returns
errors from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() in sctp_auth_set_key().
For sctp_auth_set_active_key(), old active_key_id will be set back
to asoc->active_key_id when the same thing happens.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 4.19.199, < 4.19.262 | 4.19.262 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.4.136, < 5.4.220 | 5.4.220 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.10.54, < 5.10.150 | 5.10.150 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.13.6, < 5.14 | 5.14 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.14.1, < 5.15.75 | 5.15.75 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.17 | 5.19.17 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.0, < 6.0.3 | 6.0.3 |
| linux/linux_kernel | all versions | — |
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