CVE-2026-63971

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while waiting for the association to reach ESTABLISHED state. During this window, another thread can peeloff the association to a new socket via getsockopt(SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF), changing asoc->base.sk. After re-acquiring the old socket lock, sctp_wait_for_connect() returns success without noticing the migration — the caller then accesses the association under the wrong lock in sctp_datamsg_from_user(). Add the same sk != asoc->base.sk check that sctp_wait_for_sndbuf() already has, returning an error if the association was migrated while we slept.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.16 ≤ v < 5.10.2595.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2105.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1766.13 ≤ v < 6.18.356.19 ≤ v < 7.0.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.7 ≤ v < 6.12.93668c9beb9020d5834ee9e43c208190a07d2b19287.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc5
Vendor states this is fixed in 0e0d5bc76fd4267a71334fcc8f1a5fbcf997845d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6140cfa721451fa6e18e134e709703c2bf34d0fb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 634a9af8a26a84d8b0d7b3b643204b344b42d9fb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 68667ee4c7dadf7f63167234e2a1af09b3f7874e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7d2038d4b80166f7bead8d07eba3b97405816c21 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8e9b56051d24540cfbf39194618708c4a7633549 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bcfeac79af740735ace44008b4a11b8e5add20f5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f14fe6395a8b3d961a61e138ad7b36ba3626dd4e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.93 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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