High severity · published Jun 24, 2026
CVE-2026-52917
sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path
7.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: diag: reject stale associations in dump_one path The SCTP exact sock_diag lookup can hold a transport reference, block on lock_sock(sk), and then resume after sctp_association_free() has marked the association dead and freed its bind address list. When that happens, inet_assoc_attr_size() and inet_diag_msg_sctpasoc_fill() can still dereference association state that is no longer valid for reporting. In particular, inet_diag_msg_sctpasoc_fill() may read an empty bind-address list as a real sctp_sockaddr_entry and trigger an out-of-bounds read from unrelated association memory. Reject the association after taking the socket lock if it has been reaped or detached from the endpoint, and report the lookup as stale. This keeps the exact dump-one path from formatting torn association state.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.7 before 5.10.259; 5.11 before 5.15.210; 5.16 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.143; 6.7 before 6.12.94; 6.13 before 6.18.36; +7 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
8f840e47f190cbe61a96945c13e9551048d42cef before 6657af827e21883ae90693e42e7f59a6aab690b5; 8f840e47f190cbe61a96945c13e9551048d42cef before b2be72d401833194917e44fbd8d8144bb4f2db16; 8f840e47f190cbe61a96945c13e9551048d42cef before 5425de8bd6e9fe5bd67d158e3348171ae7510117; 8f840e47f190cbe61a96945c13e9551048d42cef before e97c2a535e23ed0fdd2660993fb3f10d9535c9bc; 8f840e47f190cbe61a96945c13e9551048d42cef before 480f754580b5686b928977d16a59f20cef83ff01; 8f840e47f190cbe61a96945c13e9551048d42cef before 78c4f964b2f94e405721c093773f6250e1e676b2; +3 more · source: vendor