CVE-2026-98586 in Linux
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de MITRE • 18/10/2026
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.
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