CVE-2022-50243
sctp: handle the error returned from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Sep 15, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: handle the error returned from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key
When it returns an error from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key(), the active_key is actually not updated. The old sh_key will be freeed while it's still used as active key in asoc. Then an use-after-free will be triggered when sending patckets, as found by syzbot:
sctp_auth_shkey_hold+0x22/0xa0 net/sctp/auth.c:112 sctp_set_owner_w net/sctp/socket.c:132 [inline] sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0xbd5/0x1a20 net/sctp/socket.c:1863 sctp_sendmsg+0x1053/0x1d50 net/sctp/socket.c:2025 inet_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:819 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734
This patch is to fix it by not replacing the sh_key when it returns errors from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() in sctp_auth_set_key(). For sctp_auth_set_active_key(), old active_key_id will be set back to asoc->active_key_id when the same thing happens.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fa99a3a11bdd77fef6b4a97f1021eb30b5ba40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/382ff44716603a54f5fd238ddec6a2468e217612
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65955340e0044f5c41ac799a01698ac7dee8a4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d636b663e0e92951bba5fced929ca7fd25c552
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f90099d18e3abdc01babf686f41f63fe04939c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0fcf5e29c0940e1169ce9c44f73edd98bdf12d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/022152aaebe116a25c39818a07e175a8cd3c1e11
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