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Unscored CVE-2023-53590 EUVD-2025-32300GHSA-h343-797x-8cg9

sctp: add a refcnt in sctp_stream_priorities to avoid a nested loop

Published Oct 4, 2025 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

sctp: add a refcnt in sctp_stream_priorities to avoid a nested loop

With this refcnt added in sctp_stream_priorities, we don't need to
traverse all streams to check if the prio is used by other streams
when freeing one stream's prio in sctp_sched_prio_free_sid(). This
can avoid a nested loop (up to 65535 * 65535), which may cause a
stuck as Ying reported:

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#23 stuck for 26s! [ksoftirqd/23:136]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
sctp_sched_prio_free_sid+0xab/0x100 [sctp]
sctp_stream_free_ext+0x64/0xa0 [sctp]
sctp_stream_free+0x31/0x50 [sctp]
sctp_association_free+0xa5/0x200 [sctp]

Note that it doesn't need to use refcount_t type for this counter,
as its accessing is always protected under the sock lock.

v1->v2:
- add a check in sctp_sched_prio_set to avoid the possible prio_head
refcnt overflow.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.4.226 – < 5.4.235, 5.10.158 – < 5.10.173, 5.15.82 – < 5.15.100, 6.0.12 – < 6.1, 6.1 5.4.235

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 6.1.20-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.20-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.20-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1022.24 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +9 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-79.86 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1042.47 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1045.52 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1045.52.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1039.47 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1039.44 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1025.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1035.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1037.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-79.88 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1030.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1016.16 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1002.2 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1040.46 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1025.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-152.169 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1104.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1041.46~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1110.116 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1045.52~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1065.71 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1107.116 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1039.47~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-79.86~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1051.56 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1036.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1037.42~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1093.99 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-79.88~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1016.16~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1103.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1088.99 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1038.42~20.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1024.28 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1036.38 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1043.48 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1104.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1110.116+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1079.88 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1107.116+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1104.112~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1110.116~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1107.116~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-152.169~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1051.56~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1103.112~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1088.99~18.04.1 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.19-30.43 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.19-30.43.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-138

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