CVE-2026-68161CWE-404

CVE-2026-68161

Critical · published August 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

sctp: close UDP tunnel sockets during netns teardown

proc_sctp_do_udp_port() starts per-net SCTP UDP tunneling sockets when

net.sctp.udp_port is set, and stops/restarts them when the sysctl value

changes. The netns exit path does not stop these sockets, so a namespace

can be torn down while its SCTP UDP tunnel sockets are still installed.

Close the UDP tunnel sockets from sctp_ctrlsock_exit() after unregistering

the per-net sysctl table. This prevents new sysctl writes from racing in

while the sockets are being released, and closes the sockets before the

control socket is destroyed.

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
0.00664 · 51.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Published
2026-08-10T17:20Z
References (6)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 AUG 11:59Z
    sctp: close UDP tunnel sockets during netns teardown
    cvelistv5