CVE-2023-53296

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.15-4.19.281 - Null Pointer Dereference in SCTP Stream Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (18)
Linux/Linux < 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.281 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.178 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.107 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.241 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 5bbbbe32a43199c2b9ea5ea66fab6241c64beb51 - 0443fff49d6352160c200064156c25898bd9f58c
Linux/Linux 5bbbbe32a43199c2b9ea5ea66fab6241c64beb51 - 2584024b23552c00d95b50255e47bd18d306d31a
Linux/Linux 5bbbbe32a43199c2b9ea5ea66fab6241c64beb51 - 667eb99cf7c15fe5b0ecefe75cf658e20ef20c9f
Linux/Linux 5bbbbe32a43199c2b9ea5ea66fab6241c64beb51 - 9346a1a21142357972a6f466ba6275ddc54b04ac
... and 8 more
Published Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026