Linux Kernel up to 5.12.4 sctp sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a use after free

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 4.19.190/5.4.119/5.10.37/5.11.21/5.12.4. Impacted is the function sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a of the component sctp. Executing a manipulation can lead to use after free. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2021-46999. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 4.19.190/5.4.119/5.10.37/5.11.21/5.12.4 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a of the component sctp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: do asoc update earlier in sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a There's a panic that occurs in a few of envs, the call trace is as below: [] general protection fault, ... 0x29acd70f1000a: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [] RIP: 0010:sctp_ulpevent_notify_peer_addr_change+0x4b/0x1fa [sctp] [] sctp_assoc_control_transport+0x1b9/0x210 [sctp] [] sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike.isra.16+0x15c/0x220 [sctp] [] sctp_cmd_interpreter.isra.21+0x1231/0x1a10 [sctp] [] sctp_do_sm+0xc3/0x2a0 [sctp] [] sctp_generate_timeout_event+0x81/0xf0 [sctp] This is caused by a transport use-after-free issue. When processing a duplicate COOKIE-ECHO chunk in sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a(), both COOKIE-ACK and SHUTDOWN chunks are allocated with the transort from the new asoc. However, later in the sideeffect machine, the old asoc is used to send them out and old asoc's shutdown_last_sent_to is set to the transport that SHUTDOWN chunk attached to in sctp_cmd_setup_t2(), which actually belongs to the new asoc. After the new_asoc is freed and the old asoc T2 timeout, the old asoc's shutdown_last_sent_to that is already freed would be accessed in sctp_sf_t2_timer_expire(). Thanks Alexander and Jere for helping dig into this issue. To fix it, this patch is to do the asoc update first, then allocate the COOKIE-ACK and SHUTDOWN chunks with the 'updated' old asoc. This would make more sense, as a chunk from an asoc shouldn't be sent out with another asoc. We had fixed quite a few issues caused by this.

The weakness was published 02/28/2024. The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-46999 since 02/27/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/08/2025).

Upgrading to version 4.19.191, 5.4.120, 5.10.38, 5.11.22, 5.12.5 or 5.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d624f2991b97/b1b31948c0af/f01988ecf365/61b877bad9bb/0bfd913c2121/35b4f24415c8 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.19.190
• 5.4.119
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
• 5.10.2
• 5.10.3
• 5.10.4
• 5.10.5
• 5.10.6
• 5.10.7
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• 5.10.21
• 5.10.22
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• 5.10.28
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• 5.10.30
• 5.10.31
• 5.10.32
• 5.10.33
• 5.10.34
• 5.10.35
• 5.10.36
• 5.10.37
• 5.11.0
• 5.11.1
• 5.11.2
• 5.11.3
• 5.11.4
• 5.11.5
• 5.11.6
• 5.11.7
• 5.11.8
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• 5.11.10
• 5.11.11
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• 5.11.13
• 5.11.14
• 5.11.15
• 5.11.16
• 5.11.17
• 5.11.18
• 5.11.19
• 5.11.20
• 5.11.21
• 5.12.0
• 5.12.1
• 5.12.2
• 5.12.3
• 5.12.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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