CVE-2026-89478
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: drop a chunk if its transport was removed
sctp_rcv() resolves the transport once per packet and leaves it in chunk->transport. The lookup reference, or the one sctp_add_backlog() takes if the socket is owned by userspace, keeps it around until the chunk has been processed.
An authenticated ASCONF DEL-IP can remove it in the meantime. sctp_assoc_rm_peer() takes the transport out of the association and calls sctp_transport_free(), which tags it dead and drops the reference the association held. There is a window on both paths: the packet can sit on the socket backlog, and on the direct path the lookup completes before bh_lock_sock().
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The DATA chunk in that packet puts the removed transport back into asoc->peer.last_data_from. Once the packet is done that reference goes away and the transport is freed by RCU, so the next delayed SACK carries the pointer into the SACK chunk and sctp_outq_select_transport() reads the freed transport's state.
Drop the chunk in sctp_inq_push(), next to the existing rcvr->dead check. Both paths reach it with the association's socket lock held. The peer retransmits it.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.51%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 42
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact75 % - Impacto secundario
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation65 %
Vulnerabilidad crítica de red en kernel Linux sin autenticación (AV:N/PR:N). Permite DoS por corrupción de memoria en transporte SCTP y potencial escalada de privilegios mediante packet malformado.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a9d10ecf71f54b2af8020935f2033d4a132be5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0422b092a3d43ca462932ff9f747731ca078d1d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1035bdef1efb9b1076d1a57b81e08c637ff08ecc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3537961df2163258bddc230db0e18dc14e925ea6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc072e7cb4a0ff251d13cfc2d24f62489cd9386
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/928fd7920ba37cc5637a211b9be979083413a2fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6c86a5e62a4fec36692ddd64b9144b660f71f96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7cb5ad832095dc4becfdb2a36007ffd50e49fb0
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