CVE-2026-53070

HIGH

sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb() udp_tunnel_xmit_skb() / udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() are expected to run with BH disabled. After commit 6f1a9140ecda ("add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions"), on the path: udp(6)_tunnel_xmit_skb() -> ip(6)tunnel_xmit() dev_xmit_recursion_inc()/dec() must stay balanced on the same CPU. Without local_bh_disable(), the context may move between CPUs, which can break the inc/dec pairing. This may lead to incorrect recursion level detection and cause packets to be dropped in ip(6)_tunnel_xmit() or __dev_queue_xmit(). Fix it by disabling BH around both IPv4 and IPv6 SCTP UDP xmit paths. In my testing, after enabling the SCTP over UDP: # ip net exec ha sysctl -w net.sctp.udp_port=9899 # ip net exec ha sysctl -w net.sctp.encap_port=9899 # ip net exec hb sysctl -w net.sctp.udp_port=9899 # ip net exec hb sysctl -w net.sctp.encap_port=9899 # ip net exec ha iperf3 -s - without this patch: # ip net exec hb iperf3 -c 192.168.0.1 --sctp [ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 37.2 MBytes 31.2 Mbits/sec sender [ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 37.1 MBytes 31.1 Mbits/sec receiver - with this patch: # ip net exec hb iperf3 -c 192.168.0.1 --sctp [ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.14 GBytes 2.69 Gbits/sec sender [ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 3.14 GBytes 2.69 Gbits/sec receiver

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 27.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 6.12.95linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.37linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.10linux
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 - 0de7db2eb27e82b983157016fa604b1ba664ae5f
Linux/Linux 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 - 2cd7e6971fc2787408ceef17906ea152791448cf
Linux/Linux 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 - 790093245e35040c2adb15f48970020425aa3f47
Linux/Linux 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 - be3bfcb34bda04f6a350710db471d4133f950f2c
Linux/Linux 5.11
Linux/Linux 6.12.95 - 6.12.*
... and 3 more
Published Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 24, 2026