CVE-2024-50299: sctp: properly validate chunk size in sctp_sf_ootb()

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-19 · updated 2026-10-15
Weakness: CWE-908

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: properly validate chunk size in sctp_sf_ootb() A size validation fix similar to that in Commit 50619dbf8db7 ("sctp: add size validation when walking chunks") is also required in sctp_sf_ootb() to address a crash reported by syzbot: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_sf_ootb+0x7f5/0xce0 net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:3712 sctp_sf_ootb+0x7f5/0xce0 net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:3712 sctp_do_sm+0x181/0x93d0 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1166 sctp_endpoint_bh_rcv+0xc38/0xf90 net/sctp/endpointola.c:407 sctp_inq_push+0x2ef/0x380 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88 sctp_rcv+0x3831/0x3b20 net/sctp/input.c:243 sctp4_rcv+0x42/0x50 net/sctp/protocol.c:1159 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xb51/0x13d0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x336/0x500 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 2.6.12 before 4.19.324; from 4.20 before 5.4.286; from 5.5 before 5.10.230; from 5.11 before 5.15.172; from 5.16 before 6.1.117; from 6.2 before 6.6.61 — fixed in 4.19.324, 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 5.4.286, 6.1.117, 6.11.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.324, 5.10.230, 5.15.172, 5.4.286. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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