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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-72242

selinux: avoid sk_socket dereference in selinux_sctp_bind_connect()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: avoid sk_socket dereference in selinux_sctp_bind_connect() selinux_sctp_bind_connect() dereferences sk->sk_socket to pass a struct socket * to selinux_socket_bind() and selinux_socket_connect_helper(). However, when the hook is invoked from the ASCONF softirq path (sctp_process_asconf), there is no file reference guaranteeing that sk->sk_socket is non-NULL. The setsockopt callers (bindx, connectx, set_primary, sendmsg connect) hold a file reference and are not affected. Both selinux_socket_bind() and selinux_socket_connect_helper() immediately resolve sock->sk, never using the struct socket * for anything else. Refactor the inner logic into helpers that take a struct sock * directly so that selinux_sctp_bind_connect() never needs to touch sk->sk_socket at all.

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

  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < e4f3b8db1b0c5e9f6374b8996d9e1888d1042b55affected
  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < 2fcaf133a8fd88b69f32ebaecad93fd302da828faffected
  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < a4bc2fb8536488b37680c0b66c59434a4b7f8c2faffected
  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < 5d4d93f9bfbc997ffbb03cd6107e8f6979dbb9b4affected
  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < cc8bd47b35eca82393cbad08b1cc86f02e034439affected
  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < d61a80b17254be7230bc5544f8e62ddf21ab38e2affected
  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < 37d642b37ccdc31e1947c2ebc8dc38f03d4a0cebaffected
  • d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a to < 56acfeb10019e200ab6787d01f8d7cbe0f01526faffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.17affected
  • 0 to < 4.17unaffected
  • 5.10.266 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.217 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.184 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.148 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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