CVE-2026-64564CWE-416

CVE-2026-64564

Critical · published August 4, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
72.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing

sctp_process_asconf() caches the transport the ASCONF chunk is processed

against in asconf->transport (== chunk->transport, set once in sctp_rcv()).

For an ASCONF located through its Address Parameter by

__sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup(), that cached transport corresponds to the

Address Parameter, which need not be the packet's source address.

sctp_process_asconf_param() rejects a DEL-IP for the packet source address

(ADDIP D8, SCTP_ERROR_DEL_SRC_IP), but nothing protects asconf->transport.

A single ASCONF can therefore carry, in order:

[Address Parameter L] [DEL-IP L] [DEL-IP 0.0.0.0]

where L differs from the source. The DEL-IP for L passes the D8 check and

calls sctp_assoc_rm_peer() on the transport that asconf->transport still

points at, freeing it (RCU-deferred). The following wildcard DEL-IP then

reuses the now-dangling asconf->transport in sctp_assoc_set_primary() and

sctp_assoc_del_nonprimary_peers(): set_primary() dereferences the freed

transport (->ipaddr, ->state) and plants the dangling pointer into

asoc->peer.primary_path / active_path, and del_nonprimary_peers(), keeping

only the pointer that is no longer on the list, removes every real

transport, leaving the association with a transport_count of 0 and

primary_path/active_path pointing at freed memory.

Reject a DEL-IP that targets the transport the ASCONF is being processed

against, mirroring the existing source-address guard, so the wildcard

branch can never reuse a freed transport.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01411 · 72.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-08-04T11:16Z
References (15)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b324ba3494ae958cba16a453e3e71489b4de7fc · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e8f3e7114f0e26d1b2c4c048044db9fcc27603 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85aca407c560aba81b5ce9d3d6cf94c74077d19b · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b2854f86f0b56e9027d68e7a3fc909d1a9b566f · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63afa1f9b12d5293cbe0b77fd45dc0632533a13 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9ce31be4cb1a5dd82b3e0a1d0c3e7cbdcd31293 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d136b29bf91dd8e3161281b87de597b7311d9462 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fedeb4468987bcaff85fe3061de5ae052d414740 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://matrix.tencent.com/en/2026/08/06/sctphantom-CVE-2026-64564 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/06/13 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/06/3 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/06/4 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/07/1 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/07/2 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/07/8 · af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 AUG 06:23Z
    sctp: don't free the ASCONF's own transport in DEL-IP processing
    cvelistv5