{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-53246", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T07:44:35.394Z", "datePublished": "2026-06-25T08:39:39.896Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-25T08:39:39.896Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-25T08:39:39.896Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing\n\nWhen a listening SCTP server processes a COOKIE_ECHO chunk, the cached\npeer INIT chunk embedded after the cookie is parsed and its parameters\nare later walked by sctp_process_init() using sctp_walk_params().\n\nHowever, the chunk header length of this cached INIT chunk was not\nvalidated against the remaining buffer in the COOKIE_ECHO payload. If\nthe length field is inflated, the parameter walk can run beyond the\nactual received data, leading to out-of-bounds reads and potential\nmemory corruption during later parameter handling (e.g. STATE_COOKIE\nprocessing and kmemdup() copies).\n\nAdd a bounds check in sctp_unpack_cookie() to ensure the cached INIT\nchunk length does not exceed the available data in the COOKIE_ECHO\nbuffer before it is used."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c"], "versions": [{"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "cc272185c9a9a4b7febc2de52eeaa3d00f19091e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "edccbf3d63b0a3362bc916ea72edacc1e1ca456a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "0861615c28de668669d748ef4eb913ea9262d13b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.36", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.36"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.13"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc272185c9a9a4b7febc2de52eeaa3d00f19091e"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edccbf3d63b0a3362bc916ea72edacc1e1ca456a"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0861615c28de668669d748ef4eb913ea9262d13b"}], "title": "sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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