Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53224

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135535

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53224

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in SCTP cookie processing in sctp_unpack_cookie(), sctp_process_init(), and sctp_raw_to_bind_addrs() when handling a malformed COOKIE_ECHO containing a truncated embedded INIT chunk or malformed address parameters. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted COOKIE_ECHO to cause a denial of service.

When cookie authentication is disabled, an oversized raw address list length can also be used to trigger the out-of-bounds read condition.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Ubuntu
Public Cloud Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Legacy Module
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
kernel-rt-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-source-rt
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-docs
kernel-source
kernel-azure
kernel-default-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-extra
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-base
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

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Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.13.0.217.227, 3.13.0-217.268, 4.15.0.257.241, 4.15.0-257.269, 4.15.0-257.269~16.04.1, 4.15.0.1151.148, 4.15.0-1151.163, 4.15.0.1178.169, 4.15.0-1178.183, 4.15.0.1196.194, 4.15.0-1196.209, 4.15.0-1196.209~16.04.1, 4.15.0.2134.128, 4.15.0-2134.140, 6.8.0-138.138+fips1, 6.8.0-1035.36, 6.8.0-1048.52, 6.8.0-1060.63.1, 6.8.0-1063.66, 6.8.0-1063.66+fips1, 6.8.0-1065.73~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1066.74, 6.8.0-1066.74+fips1, 6.8.0-1066.74~22.04.1, 6.8.1-1058.59, 6.8.1-1058.59~22.04.1, 7.0.0-29.29, 7.0.0-29.29.1, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10, 7.0.0-1011.11, 7.0.0-1016.16
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.15.0.1158.163, 4.15.0-1158.169, 4.15.0-1158.169~16.04.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1010.10~24.04.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/512a9bb77c04ac9927648ea58af617e472be96e6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f4c80a2a7e6d06753b89a578b710a2499a5e62b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7560afb8cddafd829e709d7ea09230e45a825557

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel sctp
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oracle
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux