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GHSA-F7GM-J66V-P95W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: fix auth_chunk_list capacity check in sctp_auth_ep_add_chunkid

sctp_auth_ep_add_chunkid() uses SCTP_NUM_CHUNK_TYPES (20) as the capacity limit for ep->auth_chunk_list, allowing it to hold up to 20 chunk entries (param_hdr.length up to 24). However, the copy destination asoc->c.auth_chunks in struct sctp_cookie is only SCTP_AUTH_MAX_CHUNKS (16) entries (20 bytes). When more than 16 chunks are added, sctp_association_init() memcpy overflows the destination by up to 4 bytes.

Fix by using SCTP_AUTH_MAX_CHUNKS as the capacity limit, matching the destination capacity.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-68320 (GCVE-0-2026-68320)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:02 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:33

Title

sctp: fix auth_chunk_list capacity check in sctp_auth_ep_add_chunkid

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix auth_chunk_list capacity check in sctp_auth_ep_add_chunkid sctp_auth_ep_add_chunkid() uses SCTP_NUM_CHUNK_TYPES (20) as the capacity limit for ep->auth_chunk_list, allowing it to hold up to 20 chunk entries (param_hdr.length up to 24). However, the copy destination asoc->c.auth_chunks in struct sctp_cookie is only SCTP_AUTH_MAX_CHUNKS (16) entries (20 bytes). When more than 16 chunks are added, sctp_association_init() memcpy overflows the destination by up to 4 bytes. Fix by using SCTP_AUTH_MAX_CHUNKS as the capacity limit, matching the destination capacity.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d22a7da2e264f407…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6837c1c19a2595189…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54bb4c03fa17cdcb1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a365f1e423444c5d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/886e28e14ab655012…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11092d79eb2b7c006…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ea3dda09eb4d5ca…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff04b26794a16a8a8…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < 3d22a7da2e264f407c729f33a0a346ff76108bc6 (git) Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < 6837c1c19a259518974cbc5a52017646e3906564 (git) Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < 54bb4c03fa17cdcb157c26c33e60a78cf32960f5 (git) Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < 5a365f1e423444c5da7eb689a8661633dad43e48 (git) Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < 886e28e14ab655012779016d251fef53d103aa12 (git) Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < 11092d79eb2b7c0068382f72fc2416d1786bb2e0 (git) Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < b6ea3dda09eb4d5caf7bbc00f857688cf9e98255 (git) Affected: 1f485649f52929d9937b346a920a522a7363e202 , < ff04b26794a16a8a879eb4fd2c02c2d6b03850e9 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.24 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.24 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.265 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.216 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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