CVE-2026-74688 — sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed

sctp_make_heartbeat_ack() caches the destination transport in chunk->transport without taking a reference. When src_out_of_asoc_ok is enabled, the HEARTBEAT ACK may remain queued on control_chunk_list instead of being transmitted immediately.

If the peer transport is removed while the chunk is still queued, sctp_assoc_rm_peer() drops the transport and schedules it for RCU freeing, but only clears cached transport pointers in out_chunk_list. The queued control chunk therefore retains a dangling transport pointer.

Once an ASCONF_ACK clears the suppression and the queued control chunk is transmitted, SCTP dereferences the stale transport pointer, leading to a use-after-free.

Fix this by also clearing chunk->transport for queued control chunks in control_chunk_list when removing the transport.

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CVE-2026-74688 — sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed