CVE-2023-53296
sctp: check send stream number after wait_for_sndbuf
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: check send stream number after wait_for_sndbuf This patch fixes a corner case where the asoc out stream count may change
after wait_for_sndbuf. When the main thread in the client starts a connection, if its out stream
count is set to N while the in stream count in the server is set to N - 2,
another thread in the client keeps sending the msgs with stream number
N - 1, and waits for sndbuf before processing INIT_ACK. However, after processing INIT_ACK, the out stream count in the client is
shrunk to N - 2, the same to the in stream count in the server. The crash
occurs when the thread waiting for sndbuf is awake and sends the msg in a
non-existing stream(N - 1), the call trace is as below: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000038-0x000000000000003f] Call Trace: <TASK> sctp_cmd_send_msg net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1114 [inline] sctp_cmd_interpreter net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1777 [inline] sctp_side_effects net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1199 [inline] sctp_do_sm+0x197d/0x5310 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1170 sctp_primitive_SEND+0x9f/0xc0 net/sctp/primitive.c:163 sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x10eb/0x1a30 net/sctp/socket.c:1868 sctp_sendmsg+0x8d4/0x1d90 net/sctp/socket.c:2026 inet_sendmsg+0x9d/0xe0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:825 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:722 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xde/0x190 net/socket.c:745 The fix is to add an unlikely check for the send stream number after the
thread wakes up from the wait_for_sndbuf.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2025-09-16 CVE Reserved
- 2025-09-16 CVE Published
- 2025-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-12-03 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (10)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bbbbe32a43199c2b9ea5ea66fab6241c64beb51 | Vuln. Introduced |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53296 | 2024-01-30 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395682 | 2024-01-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.15 < 4.19.281 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 4.19.281" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.15 < 5.4.241 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 5.4.241" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.15 < 5.10.178 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 5.10.178" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.15 < 5.15.107 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 5.15.107" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.15 < 6.1.24 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 6.1.24" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.15 < 6.2.11 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 6.2.11" | en |
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| Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 4.15 < 6.3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 6.3" | en |
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