In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: do asoc update earlier in sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a
There's a panic that occurs in a few of envs, the call trace is as below:
[] general protection fault, ... 0x29acd70f1000a: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [] RIP: 0010:sctp_ulpevent_notify_peer_addr_change+0x4b/0x1fa [sctp] [] sctp_assoc_control_transport+0x1b9/0x210 [sctp] [] sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike.isra.16+0x15c/0x220 [sctp] [] sctp_cmd_interpreter.isra.21+0x1231/0x1a10 [sctp] [] sctp_do_sm+0xc3/0x2a0 [sctp] [] sctp_generate_timeout_event+0x81/0xf0 [sctp]
This is caused by a transport use-after-free issue. When processing a duplicate COOKIE-ECHO chunk in sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a(), both COOKIE-ACK and SHUTDOWN chunks are allocated with the transort from the new asoc. However, later in the sideeffect machine, the old asoc is used to send them out and old asoc's shutdown_last_sent_to is set to the transport that SHUTDOWN chunk attached to in sctp_cmd_setup_t2(), which actually belongs to the new asoc. After the new_asoc is freed and the old asoc T2 timeout, the old asoc's shutdown_last_sent_to that is already freed would be accessed in sctp_sf_t2_timer_expire().
Thanks Alexander and Jere for helping dig into this issue.
To fix it, this patch is to do the asoc update first, then allocate the COOKIE-ACK and SHUTDOWN chunks with the 'updated' old asoc. This would make more sense, as a chunk from an asoc shouldn't be sent out with another asoc. We had fixed quite a few issues caused by this.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool | Mar 4, 2025 | Feb 28, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-tools | Jul 17, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 28, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-bluefieldUpgrade linux-azure-5.4Upgrade linux-hwe-5.4Upgrade linux-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-gkeopUpgrade linux-hweUpgrade linux-azure-4.15Upgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-kvmUpgrade linux-aws-hweUpgrade linux-raspiUpgrade linux-azureUpgrade linux-gcp-4.15Upgrade linux-fipsUpgrade linux-raspi-5.4Upgrade linux-azure-fipsUpgrade linuxUpgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-aws-5.4Upgrade linux-gcp-5.4Upgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-oracle-5.4 | Nov 19, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 |
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