Critical severity · published Aug 10, 2026
CVE-2026-68161
sctp: close UDP tunnel sockets during netns teardown
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: close UDP tunnel sockets during netns teardown
proc_sctp_do_udp_port() starts per-net SCTP UDP tunneling sockets when
net.sctp.udp_port is set, and stops/restarts them when the sysctl value
changes. The netns exit path does not stop these sockets, so a namespace
can be torn down while its SCTP UDP tunnel sockets are still installed.
Close the UDP tunnel sockets from sctp_ctrlsock_exit() after unregistering
the per-net sysctl table. This prevents new sysctl writes from racing in
while the sockets are being released, and closes the sockets before the
control socket is destroyed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 before c29affd44e6769e3073235d4b471d9b501fa8166; 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 before c6eb2d615210b80339548ab07c0230edaab9a6c7; 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 before 8ff78591d309c50a4fdab683b68dd8d512a270dd; 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 before 3bf0e349cbb4f975f35eb22753acc346b89c66a0; 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 before 37ff9794be48d0caa37687e04d09675f9c849121; 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 before ffb2bd7ade36ec4da32c46a6eddbf4515316d08c; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68161
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29affd44e6769e3073235d4b471d9b501fa8166
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6eb2d615210b80339548ab07c0230edaab9a6c7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ff78591d309c50a4fdab683b68dd8d512a270dd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf0e349cbb4f975f35eb22753acc346b89c66a0
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff9794be48d0caa37687e04d09675f9c849121
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb2bd7ade36ec4da32c46a6eddbf4515316d08c
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