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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing chunk->skb pointer is dereferenced in the if-block where it's supposed to be NULL only. chunk->skb can only be NULL if chunk->head_skb is not. Check for frag_list instead and do it just before replacing chunk->skb. We're sure that otherwise chunk->skb is non-NULL because of outer if() condition.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-12-04 | Updated 2025-12-04 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before 61cda2777b07d27459f5cac5a047c3edf9c8a1a9
affected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before 08165c296597075763130919f2aae59b5822f016
affected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before 03e80a4b04ef1fb2c61dd63216ab8d3a5dcb196f
affected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before 4f6da435fb5d8a21cbf8cae5ca5a2ba0e1012b71
affected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before cb9055ba30306ede4ad920002233d0659982f1cb
affected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before 7a832b0f99be19df608cb75c023f8027b1789bd1
affected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before 89b465b54227c245ddc7cc9ed822231af21123ef
affected

90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb (git) before 441f0647f7673e0e64d4910ef61a5fb8f16bfb82
affected

Default status
affected

4.8
affected

Any version before 4.8
unaffected

5.4.301 (semver)
unaffected

5.10.246 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.196 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.158 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.115 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.56 (semver)
unaffected

6.17.6 (semver)
unaffected

6.18 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/61cda2777b07d27459f5cac5a047c3edf9c8a1a9

git.kernel.org/...c/08165c296597075763130919f2aae59b5822f016

git.kernel.org/...c/03e80a4b04ef1fb2c61dd63216ab8d3a5dcb196f

git.kernel.org/...c/4f6da435fb5d8a21cbf8cae5ca5a2ba0e1012b71

git.kernel.org/...c/cb9055ba30306ede4ad920002233d0659982f1cb

git.kernel.org/...c/7a832b0f99be19df608cb75c023f8027b1789bd1

git.kernel.org/...c/89b465b54227c245ddc7cc9ed822231af21123ef

git.kernel.org/...c/441f0647f7673e0e64d4910ef61a5fb8f16bfb82

cve.org (CVE-2025-40240)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-40240)