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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-68300

sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL sctp_auth_chunk_verify() returns true unconditionally when chunk->auth_chunk is NULL, silently skipping authentication. This is incorrect when: 1. skb_clone() failed in the BH receive path, leaving auth_chunk NULL. In sctp_endpoint_bh_rcv() asoc is NULL for new connections, so the early sctp_auth_recv_cid() check cannot catch this. 2. No AUTH chunk precedes COOKIE-ECHO, so skb_clone() is never called and auth_chunk remains NULL. Fix by checking sctp_auth_recv_cid() when auth_chunk is NULL: if authentication is required, return false to drop the chunk; otherwise continue normally.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < a129792b3aef15002746c13522781d92ed3522c3affected
  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < 5a022ac51ad83b4ce6c898f4b9eefc65bd26b247affected
  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < 6caf0e8590c0bf05a76b0d387726adf3a6f3725caffected
  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < ec2e157fc9678a9bc411305a25aec3fd337d7efbaffected
  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < 28c5fdce9dd955d2baf5e28987819b6d7cfaf646affected
  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < 18957373920caf5cdaf5cf32e5d1d7a99ca7700aaffected
  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < 83f5031f2a6a49d696eb4cc0898345d12f9c6451affected
  • bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e to < 8e04823c120b376ef7dab14b60ebf6823aa16c14affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.24affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.24unaffected
  • 5.10.265 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.216 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.183 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.148 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.101 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.42 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.6 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References