CVE-2023-53296
16.09.2025, 08:15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: check send stream number after wait_for_sndbuf This patch fixes a corner case where the asoc out stream count may change after wait_for_sndbuf. When the main thread in the client starts a connection, if its out stream count is set to N while the in stream count in the server is set to N - 2, another thread in the client keeps sending the msgs with stream number N - 1, and waits for sndbuf before processing INIT_ACK. However, after processing INIT_ACK, the out stream count in the client is shrunk to N - 2, the same to the in stream count in the server. The crash occurs when the thread waiting for sndbuf is awake and sends the msg in a non-existing stream(N - 1), the call trace is as below: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000038-0x000000000000003f] Call Trace: <TASK> sctp_cmd_send_msg net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1114 [inline] sctp_cmd_interpreter net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1777 [inline] sctp_side_effects net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1199 [inline] sctp_do_sm+0x197d/0x5310 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1170 sctp_primitive_SEND+0x9f/0xc0 net/sctp/primitive.c:163 sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x10eb/0x1a30 net/sctp/socket.c:1868 sctp_sendmsg+0x8d4/0x1d90 net/sctp/socket.c:2026 inet_sendmsg+0x9d/0xe0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:825 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:722 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xde/0x190 net/socket.c:745 The fix is to add an unlikely check for the send stream number after the thread wakes up from the wait_for_sndbuf.Enginsight
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.15 ≤ 𝑥 < 4.19.281 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.20 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.4.241 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.5 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.10.178 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.11 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.15.107 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 5.16 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.1.24 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.2 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.2.11 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.3:rc1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.3:rc2 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.3:rc3 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.3:rc4 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.3:rc5 |
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian Releases
Common Weakness Enumeration
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