CVE-2026-98586
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: hold asoc or transport before mod_timer() in timer handlers Take the association or transport reference before rearming a timer in the timer handlers. The existing code calls mod_timer() before taking the reference needed by the rearmed timer without holding the sock lock. This creates a race with timer cleanup: if the timer is deleted after mod_timer() returns but before the reference is taken, the cleanup path can drop the timer's reference and destroy the transport or association. The timer handler then takes a reference on the already freed object and eventually drops it, causing a refcount underflow. Hold the object before mod_timer() and drop the reference if mod_timer() reports that the timer was already pending in timer handlers. Apply the same ordering to the proto-unreachable path, which can rearm a transport timer outside the timer handlers without holding the sock lock.
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27c51a9b55b227309161c903f9ecfbf022516bc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35bf3b23c9a871f44c1453d85f8332be4e088dda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d3d39da054476e7aa05cd877b93ca73a9a77434
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae23ae3f7887a1cf8a75da38edcebeef695040f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18cb8fd1b6ba95c85de644203cfe1b071ff0c0f