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critical 9.1

CVE-2026-53224 in the critical feed json

sctp: validate embedded INIT chunk and address list lengths in cookie

published 2026-06-25 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-39315

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: validate embedded INIT chunk and address list lengths in cookie

sctp_unpack_cookie() only checked that the embedded INIT chunk length did not exceed the remaining cookie payload, but did not ensure that the INIT chunk is large enough to contain a complete INIT header.

A malformed COOKIE_ECHO can therefore carry a truncated INIT chunk whose length field is smaller than sizeof(struct sctp_init_chunk). Later, sctp_process_init() accesses INIT parameters unconditionally, which may lead to out-of-bounds reads.

In addition, raw_addr_list_len is not fully validated against the remaining cookie payload. When cookie authentication is disabled, an attacker can supply an oversized raw_addr_list_len and cause sctp_raw_to_bind_addrs() to read beyond the end of the cookie. The address parser also lacks sufficient bounds checks for parameter headers and lengths, allowing malformed address parameters to trigger out-of-bounds reads.

Fix this by:

- requiring the embedded INIT chunk length to be at least sizeof(struct sctp_init_chunk); - validating that the INIT chunk and raw address list together fit within the cookie payload; - verifying sufficient data exists for each address parameter header and payload before parsing it.

Note that sctp_verify_init() must be called after sctp_unpack_cookie() and before sctp_process_init() when cookie authentication is disabled. This will be addressed in a separate patch.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.36, 7.0.13, 7.1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.115-2
  • linux Debian 14 7.0.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53224

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-190.200
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-138.138
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-29.29
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1114.121
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1063.66
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1010.10
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1114.124
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1066.74

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53224

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  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 +1 more 6.4.0-150600.23.130.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS 5.14.21-150500.55.182.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.182.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.182.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +3 more 5.14.21-150500.55.182.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.182.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.182.1.150500.6.85.2
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_21 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 5-1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3602-1SUSE-SU-2026:3595-1SUSE-SU-2026:23483-1SUSE-SU-2026:23484-1SUSE-SU-2026:23485-1SUSE-SU-2026:23486-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-53224 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: sctp: validate embedded INIT chunk and address list lengths in cookie

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) libperf 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94438
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) perf 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, rtla 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:92993
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.4) rv 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, perf 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, rtla 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94109
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) rv 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, perf 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, rtla 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, python3-perf 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:92362
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) rv 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, perf 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, rtla 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, python3-perf 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94438
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.2) bpftool 7.0.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel-64k 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel-core 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, kernel-tools 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, python3-perf 5.14.0-284.200.1.el9_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:92993
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.4) bpftool 7.3.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-64k 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-core 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-tools 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, python3-perf 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94109
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) kernel 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-64k 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-core 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-tools 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-modules 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:92362
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6) kernel 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-64k 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-core 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-tools 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-modules 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94438
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) libperf 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:92362
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time E4S (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93047
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time E4S (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94109
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:92362
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94438
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV E4S (v.9.2) kernel-rt 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-284.200.1.rt14.485.el9_2, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93047
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV E4S (v.9.4) kernel-rt 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-427.161.1.el9_4, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94109
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-kvm 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.115.1.el10_0, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:92362
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.6) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.154.1.el9_6, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94438

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
24 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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