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sctp: use call_rcu to free endpoint

Published Feb 27, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

sctp: use call_rcu to free endpoint

This patch is to delay the endpoint free by calling call_rcu() to fix
another use-after-free issue in sctp_sock_dump():

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __lock_acquire+0x36d9/0x4c20
Call Trace:
__lock_acquire+0x36d9/0x4c20 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3218
lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x520 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3844
__raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:135 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock_bh+0x31/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:168
spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:334 [inline]
__lock_sock+0x203/0x350 net/core/sock.c:2253
lock_sock_nested+0xfe/0x120 net/core/sock.c:2774
lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1492 [inline]
sctp_sock_dump+0x122/0xb20 net/sctp/diag.c:324
sctp_for_each_transport+0x2b5/0x370 net/sctp/socket.c:5091
sctp_diag_dump+0x3ac/0x660 net/sctp/diag.c:527
__inet_diag_dump+0xa8/0x140 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1049
inet_diag_dump+0x9b/0x110 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1065
netlink_dump+0x606/0x1080 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2244
__netlink_dump_start+0x59a/0x7c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2352
netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:216 [inline]
inet_diag_handler_cmd+0x2ce/0x3f0 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1170
__sock_diag_cmd net/core/sock_diag.c:232 [inline]
sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x31d/0x410 net/core/sock_diag.c:263
netlink_rcv_skb+0x172/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2477
sock_diag_rcv+0x2a/0x40 net/core/sock_diag.c:274

This issue occurs when asoc is peeled off and the old sk is freed after
getting it by asoc->base.sk and before calling lock_sock(sk).

To prevent the sk free, as a holder of the sk, ep should be alive when
calling lock_sock(). This patch uses call_rcu() and moves sock_put and
ep free into sctp_endpoint_destroy_rcu(), so that it's safe to try to
hold the ep under rcu_read_lock in sctp_transport_traverse_process().

If sctp_endpoint_hold() returns true, it means this ep is still alive
and we have held it and can continue to dump it; If it returns false,
it means this ep is dead and can be freed after rcu_read_unlock, and
we should skip it.

In sctp_sock_dump(), after locking the sk, if this ep is different from
tsp->asoc->ep, it means during this dumping, this asoc was peeled off
before calling lock_sock(), and the sk should be skipped; If this ep is
the same with tsp->asoc->ep, it means no peeloff happens on this asoc,
and due to lock_sock, no peeloff will happen either until release_sock.

Note that delaying endpoint free won't delay the port release, as the
port release happens in sctp_endpoint_destroy() before calling call_rcu().
Also, freeing endpoint by call_rcu() makes it safe to access the sk by
asoc->base.sk in sctp_assocs_seq_show() and sctp_rcv().

Thanks Jones to bring this issue up.

v1->v2:
- improve the changelog.
- add kfree(ep) into sctp_endpoint_destroy_rcu(), as Jakub noticed.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.14 4.14.261

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.15.15-1 —
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-105.119 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1069.73 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1073.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1032.35 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1068.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1037.38 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1059.62 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1067.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1056.63 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-173.182 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1124.133 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1069.73~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1134.147 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1073.76~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1119.133 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1068.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-105.119~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1018.20~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1110.113 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1090.99 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1067.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1056.63~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1046.52 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2064.67 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2046.50 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1081.90 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2029.32 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1124.133~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1134.147~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1119.133~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-173.182~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1090.99~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1134.147~14.04.1 —
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SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.48.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1490-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.59.1.150500.6.25.7 SUSE-SU-2024:1480-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.116.1.150400.24.54.5 SUSE-SU-2024:1321-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.153.2.150300.18.90.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-syms 5.3.18-150300.59.153.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
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SLES 15 SP2 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.173.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0975-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +3 4.12.14-122.201.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0925-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-obs-build 4.12.14-122.201.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0925-1
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SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-syms 5.3.18-150300.59.153.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0857-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1.150200.9.93.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0926-1
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SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.173.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0975-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.201.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0925-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.171.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0976-1
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Amazon Linux

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