CVE-2026-53004: sctp: fix OOB write to userspace in sctp_getsockopt_peer_auth_chunks

Published Jun 24, 2026
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Updated

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

sctp: fix OOB write to userspace in sctpgetsockoptpeerauthchunks

sctpgetsockoptpeerauthchunks() checks that the caller's optval buffer is large enough for the peer AUTH chunk list with

if (len < numchunks) return -EINVAL;

but then writes numchunks bytes to p->gauthchunks, which lives at offset offsetof(struct sctpauthchunks, gauthchunks) == 8 inside optval. The check is missing the sizeof(struct sctpauthchunks) = 8-byte header. When the caller supplies len == numchunks (for any numchunks > 0) the test passes but copytouser() writes sizeof(struct sctpauthchunks) = 8 bytes past the declared buffer.

The sibling function sctpgetsockoptlocalauthchunks() at the next line already has the correct check:

if (len < sizeof(struct sctpauthchunks) + numchunks) return -EINVAL;

Align the peer variant with its sibling.

Reproducer confirms on v7.0-13-generic: an unprivileged userspace caller that opens a loopback SCTP association with AUTH enabled, queries numchunks with a short optval, then issues the real getsockopt with len == numchunks and sentinel bytes painted past the buffer observes those sentinel bytes overwritten with the peer's AUTH chunk type. The bytes written are under the peer's control but land in the caller's own userspace; this is not a kernel memory corruption, but it is a kernel-side contract violation that can silently corrupt adjacent userspace data.

Affected Software

8 affected components
Linux Linux kernel
Linux Linux kernel>=2.6.24<5.10.258
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.209
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.175
Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.141
Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.91
Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.18.33
Linux Linux kernel>=6.19<7.0.10

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Linux kernel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in v7.0-13-generic
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade sctp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch sctp: fix OOB write to userspace in sctp_getsockopt_peer_auth_chunks

Event History

Jun 24, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:29 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:29 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:17 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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