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FKIE_CVE-2026-80890

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-04 18:17 - Updated: 2026-09-04 18:17
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: reject stale cookies with mismatched verification tags sctp_unpack_cookie() skips cookie expiration checks whenever an association already exists. This is broader than the exception in RFC 9260 Section 5.2.4. For an existing association, Section 5.2.4 permits an expired State Cookie only when both Verification Tags in the cookie match the current association. Otherwise, the packet SHOULD be discarded and a Stale Cookie ERROR MUST be sent. The broad check lets an expired Action A restart cookie reach sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a(). In a runtime test with the default 60 second cookie lifetime, replaying such a cookie after 65 seconds returned a COOKIE-ACK and restarted the association. Check cookie expiration unless both Verification Tags match. This preserves the Action D exception for a lost COOKIE ACK while rejecting expired cookies in all other cases.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35c279113498d19a8734e2aae67b951b9b20f634
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61baa5020b0afb41bfd97f8f6ce5e336c4a4546e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/817cffdbdbdf50e1f2b016599d1897de3ca54964
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d8da8e0a9bce4a340af60dd0446bc7eb8d07587
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d1693923f41d6f49083aa2446686aed09d1d79
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c151daba0ceb1fb068a215b07de89fb1eb5f87bc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68557a49e960dbcdede22c7a9b488603078b8b4
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6e3cc296372accad4ee57405195021231ef4bcb
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  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: reject stale cookies with mismatched verification tags\n\nsctp_unpack_cookie() skips cookie expiration checks whenever an\nassociation already exists.  This is broader than the exception in\nRFC 9260 Section 5.2.4.\n\nFor an existing association, Section 5.2.4 permits an expired State\nCookie only when both Verification Tags in the cookie match the current\nassociation.  Otherwise, the packet SHOULD be discarded and a Stale\nCookie ERROR MUST be sent.\n\nThe broad check lets an expired Action A restart cookie reach\nsctp_sf_do_dupcook_a().  In a runtime test with the default 60 second\ncookie lifetime, replaying such a cookie after 65 seconds returned a\nCOOKIE-ACK and restarted the association.\n\nCheck cookie expiration unless both Verification Tags match.  This\npreserves the Action D exception for a lost COOKIE ACK while rejecting\nexpired cookies in all other cases."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2026-80890",
  "lastModified": "2026-09-04T18:17:57.077",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-09-04T18:17:57.077",
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}



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