Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie
The auth_hmacs array in struct sctp_cookie is supposed to store a complete SCTP_AUTH_HMAC_ALGO parameter, which consists of a struct sctp_paramhdr followed by N HMAC identifiers.
However, the array size was calculated using an extra 2 bytes instead of sizeof(struct sctp_paramhdr), which is 4 bytes. When four HMAC identifiers are configured, the HMAC-ALGO parameter stored in the endpoint is larger than the auth_hmacs buffer in the cookie.
As a result, sctp_association_init() copies beyond the end of auth_hmacs when initializing the association, corrupting the adjacent auth_chunks field. This can lead to an invalid HMAC identifier being accepted and later cause an out-of-bounds read in sctp_auth_get_hmac().
Fix the array size calculation by including the full SCTP parameter header size.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < 317731d01b03c529809df36d3a7d149677a8729d; >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < 0528485f27016a42804abe01aa61b39d85fa803e; >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < ee5e65964f456adfe14d526fba0bd055de98ecf3; >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < 0b4414e43e0861d67276031cc21401d7e87de3da; >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < d0a59ba58578e2b330fff80a44fe519f3ba7d8c7; >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < a8d20ba0ab518c9ccbcde258f25fc1ee6e51d5db; >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < 3aa40c3bccac2312ea7cf97f329190637f972b5d; >= 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202, < e0b5252a59383b77d1b8dbeda00b7184dd95f4d3 |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.24 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0528485f27016a42804abe01aa61b39d85fa803e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4414e43e0861d67276031cc21401d7e87de3da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/317731d01b03c529809df36d3a7d149677a8729d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3aa40c3bccac2312ea7cf97f329190637f972b5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d20ba0ab518c9ccbcde258f25fc1ee6e51d5db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0a59ba58578e2b330fff80a44fe519f3ba7d8c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b5252a59383b77d1b8dbeda00b7184dd95f4d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee5e65964f456adfe14d526fba0bd055de98ecf3
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received