Answer in brief
CVE-2026-74586 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <c0f973bb5118dd1b146cda3fcc8af6f6057befec || >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <3b539b317cd052236fed0350364ff1268996ba46 || >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <db9d8e3b670f841755bc2018f178472dc6064d27 || >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <31efa656cf6aface26e88f038c14f22ee6ca1500 || >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <291accf36febce751021888de5f15090f4875b56 || >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <ca33df36aa0143a1d04f57d2086020c12e7eddb7 || >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <163847552a571bd55094291f4ffcdc1de0f14a7b || >=6af29ccc223b0feb6fc6112281c3fa3cdb1afddf <beb33f8ee1ca83acddb2a5ae80f3d22ec550b4c3 | c0f973bb5118dd1b146cda3fcc8af6f6057befec, 3b539b317cd052236fed0350364ff1268996ba46, db9d8e3b670f841755bc2018f178472dc6064d27, 31efa656cf6aface26e88f038c14f22ee6ca1500, 291accf36febce751021888de5f15090f4875b56, ca33df36aa0143a1d04f57d2086020c12e7eddb7, 163847552a571bd55094291f4ffcdc1de0f14a7b, beb33f8ee1ca83acddb2a5ae80f3d22ec550b4c3 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 3.2 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 22, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer sctp_process_asconf_param() stores a newly added peer transport in asoc->new_transport. After all parameters in the ASCONF chunk have been processed, sctp_sf_do_asconf() uses this pointer to send a HEARTBEAT to the new transport. An authenticated ASCONF from a remote SCTP peer can add a transport and remove it again with a wildcard DEL-IP parameter in the same chunk. The wildcard deletion preserves the transport on which the ASCONF arrived, but removes the newly added transport through sctp_assoc_del_nonprimary_peers(). The removal does not clear asoc->new_transport, leaving it pointing to the removed transport. sctp_sf_do_asconf() then creates a HEARTBEAT whose chunk->transport points to the removed transport without holding a transport reference. During local address replacement, src_out_of_asoc_ok keeps this HEARTBEAT on control_chunk_list. After the transport is freed by RCU, a successful ASCONF_ACK for the replacement address releases the queued HEARTBEAT and sctp_outq_select_transport() reads the freed transport's state. The issue was found during a static audit of SCTP objects. With an authenticated peer, the reproducer triggered the same KASAN report in 2 of 2 unpatched runs on a KASAN-enabled netdev/main kernel: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sctp_outq_select_transport Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800b9bd95c by task python3/197 Call Trace: sctp_outq_select_transport+0x549/0x8b0 [sctp] sctp_outq_flush+0x306/0x2c60 [sctp] sctp_transport_immediate_rtx+0xaf/0x260 [sctp] sctp_process_asconf_ack+0xa48/0xf70 [sctp] Allocated by task 197: sctp_transport_new+0x68/0x650 [sctp] sctp_assoc_add_peer+0x258/0x12a0 [sctp] sctp_process_asconf+0x5e9/0x1090 [sctp] Last potentially related work creation: __call_rcu_common.constprop.0+0x77/0xb70 sctp_assoc_del_nonprimary_peers+0x7c/0xd0 [sctp] sctp_process_asconf+0xd9c/0x1090 [sctp] The first invalid access was a four-byte read of transport->state at net/sctp/outqueue.c:833. The same reproducer completed the full authenticated ASCONF and local-address replacement sequence with this change without a KASAN report or oops. Clear new_transport when its peer is removed, before it can be used to create the HEARTBEAT.
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