CVE-2026-72383 (GCVE-0-2026-72383)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:43
VLAI
Title
sctp: fix addr_wq_timer race in sctp_free_addr_wq()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix addr_wq_timer race in sctp_free_addr_wq() sctp_free_addr_wq() previously removed addr_wq_timer using timer_delete() while holding addr_wq_lock. However, timer_delete() does not guarantee that a currently running timer handler has completed. This allows a race with sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler(), where the handler may still run after addr_waitq has been freed, acquire addr_wq_lock, and access freed memory, leading to a use-after-free. Fix this by calling timer_shutdown_sync() before taking addr_wq_lock. This guarantees that any in-flight timer handler has finished and prevents the timer from being re-armed during teardown, making subsequent cleanup safe.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 4db67e808640e3934d82ce61ee8e2e89fd877ba8 , < a8323fb2ab6cd6978f359daeed6688e0cadf32ba (git)
Affected: 4db67e808640e3934d82ce61ee8e2e89fd877ba8 , < c3e5cac47519d77ad36b9c03a1df1536aaa0c4a1 (git)
Affected: 4db67e808640e3934d82ce61ee8e2e89fd877ba8 , < 976c19de0f22a857ba0112f39635f8fd7a257568 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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