CVE-2026-23125

Published Feb 14, 2026

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT A null-ptr-deref was reported in the SCTP transmit path when SCTP-AUTH key initialization fails: ================================================================== KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f] CPU: 0 PID: 16 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G W 6.6.0 #2 RIP: 0010:sctp_packet_bundle_auth net/sctp/output.c:264 [inline] RIP: 0010:sctp_packet_append_chunk+0xb36/0x1260 net/sctp/output.c:401 Call Trace: sctp_packet_transmit_chunk+0x31/0x250 net/sctp/output.c:189 sctp_outq_flush_data+0xa29/0x26d0 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1111 sctp_outq_flush+0xc80/0x1240 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1217 sctp_cmd_interpreter.isra.0+0x19a5/0x62c0 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1787 sctp_side_effects net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1198 [inline] sctp_do_sm+0x1a3/0x670 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1169 sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x33e/0x640 net/sctp/associola.c:1052 sctp_inq_push+0x1dd/0x280 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88 sctp_rcv+0x11ae/0x3100 net/sctp/input.c:243 sctp6_rcv+0x3d/0x60 net/sctp/ipv6.c:1127 The issue is triggered when sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() fails in sctp_sf_do_5_1C_ack() while processing an INIT_ACK. In this case, the command sequence is currently: - SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT - SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP (T1_INIT) - SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START (T1_COOKIE) - SCTP_CMD_NEW_STATE (COOKIE_ECHOED) - SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY - SCTP_CMD_GEN_COOKIE_ECHO If SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY fails, asoc->shkey remains NULL, while asoc->peer.auth_capable and asoc->peer.peer_chunks have already been set by SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT. This allows a DATA chunk with auth = 1 and shkey = NULL to be queued by sctp_datamsg_from_user(). Since command interpretation stops on failure, no COOKIE_ECHO should been sent via SCTP_CMD_GEN_COOKIE_ECHO. However, the T1_COOKIE timer has already been started, and it may enqueue a COOKIE_ECHO into the outqueue later. As a result, the DATA chunk can be transmitted together with the COOKIE_ECHO in sctp_outq_flush_data(), leading to the observed issue. Similar to the other places where it calls sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() right after sctp_process_init(), this patch moves the SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY immediately after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT, before stopping T1_INIT and starting T1_COOKIE. This ensures that if shared key generation fails, authenticated DATA cannot be sent. It also allows the T1_INIT timer to retransmit INIT, giving the client another chance to process INIT_ACK and retry key setup.
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
linux_kernel

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-476

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

  1. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: storvsc: Fix scheduling while atomic on PREEMPT_RT This resolves the follow splat and lock-up when running with PREEMPT_RT enabled on Hyper-V: [ 415.140818] BUG: scheduling while atomic: stress-ng-iomix/1048/0x00000002 [ 415.140822] INFO: lockdep is turned off. [ 415.140823] Modules linked in: intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common intel_uncore_frequency_common intel_pmc_core pmt_telemetry pmt_discovery pmt_class intel_pmc_ssram_telemetry intel_vsec ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel rapl binfmt_misc nls_ascii nls_cp437 vfat fat snd_pcm hyperv_drm snd_timer drm_client_lib drm_shmem_helper snd sg soundcore drm_kms_helper pcspkr hv_balloon hv_utils evdev joydev drm configfs efi_pstore nfnetlink vsock_loopback vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common hv_sock vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmw_vmci efivarfs autofs4 ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sr_mod sd_mod cdrom hv_storvsc serio_raw hid_generic scsi_transport_fc hid_hyperv scsi_mod hid hv_netvsc hyperv_keyboard scsi_common [ 415.140846] Preemption disabled at: [ 415.140847] [<ffffffffc0656171>] storvsc_queuecommand+0x2e1/0xbe0 [hv_storvsc] [ 415.140854] CPU: 8 UID: 0 PID: 1048 Comm: stress-ng-iomix Not tainted 6.19.0-rc7 #30 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)} [ 415.140856] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 09/04/2024 [ 415.140857] Call Trace: [ 415.140861] <TASK> [ 415.140861] ? storvsc_queuecommand+0x2e1/0xbe0 [hv_storvsc] [ 415.140863] dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xb0 [ 415.140870] __schedule_bug+0x9c/0xc0 [ 415.140875] __schedule+0xdf6/0x1300 [ 415.140877] ? rtlock_slowlock_locked+0x56c/0x1980 [ 415.140879] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.140883] schedule_rtlock+0x21/0x40 [ 415.140885] rtlock_slowlock_locked+0x502/0x1980 [ 415.140891] rt_spin_lock+0x89/0x1e0 [ 415.140893] hv_ringbuffer_write+0x87/0x2a0 [ 415.140899] vmbus_sendpacket_mpb_desc+0xb6/0xe0 [ 415.140900] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.140902] storvsc_queuecommand+0x669/0xbe0 [hv_storvsc] [ 415.140904] ? HARDIRQ_verbose+0x10/0x10 [ 415.140908] ? __rq_qos_issue+0x28/0x40 [ 415.140911] scsi_queue_rq+0x760/0xd80 [scsi_mod] [ 415.140926] __blk_mq_issue_directly+0x4a/0xc0 [ 415.140928] blk_mq_issue_direct+0x87/0x2b0 [ 415.140931] blk_mq_dispatch_queue_requests+0x120/0x440 [ 415.140933] blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x7a/0x1a0 [ 415.140935] __blk_flush_plug+0xf4/0x150 [ 415.140940] __submit_bio+0x2b2/0x5c0 [ 415.140944] ? submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x272/0x360 [ 415.140946] submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x272/0x360 [ 415.140951] ext4_read_bh_lock+0x3e/0x60 [ext4] [ 415.140995] ext4_block_write_begin+0x396/0x650 [ext4] [ 415.141018] ? __pfx_ext4_da_get_block_prep+0x10/0x10 [ext4] [ 415.141038] ext4_da_write_begin+0x1c4/0x350 [ext4] [ 415.141060] generic_perform_write+0x14e/0x2c0 [ 415.141065] ext4_buffered_write_iter+0x6b/0x120 [ext4] [ 415.141083] vfs_write+0x2ca/0x570 [ 415.141087] ksys_write+0x76/0xf0 [ 415.141089] do_syscall_64+0x99/0x1490 [ 415.141093] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141095] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0xdf/0x3d0 [ 415.141097] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141098] ? lock_release+0x1f0/0x2a0 [ 415.141100] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141101] ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0xe4/0x3d0 [ 415.141103] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141104] ? __schedule+0xb34/0x1300 [ 415.141106] ? hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x1d/0x170 [ 415.141109] ? do_nanosleep+0x8b/0x160 [ 415.141111] ? hrtimer_nanosleep+0x89/0x100 [ 415.141114] ? __pfx_hrtimer_wakeup+0x10/0x10 [ 415.141116] ? xfd_validate_state+0x26/0x90 [ 415.141118] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141120] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141121] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141123] ? rcu_is_watching+0x12/0x60 [ 415.141124] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141125] ? do_syscall_64+0x1e0/0x1490 [ 415.141127] ? irqentry_exit+0x140/0 ---truncated---CVE-2026-43475