{"cve":"CVE-2024-49944","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T18:15:15.993","modified":"2026-10-15T01:19:01.507","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: set sk_state back to CLOSED if autobind fails in sctp_listen_start\n\nIn sctp_listen_start() invoked by sctp_inet_listen(), it should set the\nsk_state back to CLOSED if sctp_autobind() fails due to whatever reason.\n\nOtherwise, next time when calling sctp_inet_listen(), if sctp_sk(sk)->reuse\nis already set via setsockopt(SCTP_REUSE_PORT), sctp_sk(sk)->bind_hash will\nbe dereferenced as sk_state is LISTENING, which causes a crash as bind_hash\nis NULL.\n\n  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]\n  RIP: 0010:sctp_inet_listen+0x7f0/0xa20 net/sctp/socket.c:8617\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   __sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1883 [inline]\n   __sys_listen+0x1b7/0x230 net/socket.c:1894\n   __do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1902 [inline]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e4e2e60556c6ed00e8450b720f106a268d23062","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f64cb5b4d8c872296eda0fdce3bcf099eec7aa7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bbead9d897c77d0b566349c8643030ff2abeba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8beee4d8dee76b67c75dc91fd8185d91e845c160","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9230a59eda0878d7ecaa901d876aec76f57bd455"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-49944","score":0.00277,"percentile":0.19978,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}