{"id":"CVE-2026-89477","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-89477","summary":"sctp: fix NULL deref on untransmitted RECONF completion","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: fix NULL deref on untransmitted RECONF completion\n\nsctp_process_strreset_outreq(), sctp_process_strreset_addstrm_out() and\nsctp_process_strreset_resp() complete a pending stream reconfiguration\nrequest by stopping the reconf timer on the transport it was sent on:\n\n\tt = asoc->strreset_chunk->transport;\n\tif (timer_delete(&t->reconf_timer))\n\t\tsctp_transport_put(t);\n\nchunk->transport is assigned by __sctp_packet_append_chunk() when the\nchunk is appended to an outbound packet, and sctp_outq_flush_ctrl() arms\nthe reconf timer at that same point. A request already published in\nasoc->strreset_chunk but not yet transmitted has neither, so completing\nit dereferences NULL.\n\nTwo ways to get there. sctp_send_asconf_del_ip() sets\nasoc->src_out_of_asoc_ok without sending anything when the address being\nremoved is the association's last one, and sctp_outq_flush_ctrl() then\nleaves every non-ASCONF control chunk queued; as only\nsctp_process_asconf_ack() clears that flag, it persists. An unprivileged\nprocess that removes such an address and then asks for a stream reset\npanics the kernel from softirq. A peer needs neither ASCONF nor local\nhelp: sctp_cmd_interpreter() uncorks the outqueue only once the whole\npacket has been processed, so a reply built while walking a RECONF chunk\nstays untransmitted for the rest of that walk, and one RECONF chunk\ncarrying [Incoming SSN Reset Request, Outgoing SSN Reset Request,\nResponse] -- or two RECONF chunks in one packet -- reaches the same\ndereference.\n\n  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001e8-0x00000000000001ef]\n  RIP: 0010:timer_delete+0x67/0x110\n  Call Trace:\n   <IRQ>\n   sctp_process_strreset_addstrm_out (net/sctp/stream.c:832)\n   sctp_sf_do_reconf (net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:4212)\n   sctp_do_sm (net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1172)\n   sctp_assoc_bh_rcv (net/sctp/associola.c:1044)\n   sctp_rcv (net/sctp/input.c:243)\n   ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)\n   process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6680)\n   </IRQ>\n\nA response can only acknowledge a request that was actually sent, so do\nnot match asoc->strreset_chunk while chunk->transport is NULL. Guarding\nthe lookup covers all three completion sites.","published":"2026-09-11T19:43:33.851Z","modified":"2026-09-14T03:46:06.577409965Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Linux","name":"Kernel","fixedVersion":"6.12.109"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ee697defc0594f1da810ed75d9d643fb46f5318"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25419f516ea84b1e7d3d55aae5215ac86ece0c66"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db9bfa3e27bdea15e05ea70b56bad3d21e570ec"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77ea60f2d24002c308f224db44a4542c466489af"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89477.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89477"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-09-14T03:46:06.577409965Z"}}