SB20261022163 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel sctp
Published: October 22, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20261022163
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98586)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to potentially cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the Linux kernel SCTP implementation when timer rearming races with timer cleanup. A remote attacker can potentially trigger this race during SCTP processing, causing a timer handler to access a freed association or transport object and underflow its reference count, which may result in a denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27c51a9b55b227309161c903f9ecfbf022516bc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35bf3b23c9a871f44c1453d85f8332be4e088dda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d3d39da054476e7aa05cd877b93ca73a9a77434
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae23ae3f7887a1cf8a75da38edcebeef695040f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18cb8fd1b6ba95c85de644203cfe1b071ff0c0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dea7eaea20fe9b80f8f77ba44d02b4a17f8050
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9d929026d487a988bfa12c065f892e823e5b6ab