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high 7.8

CVE-2026-68162 json

sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown

published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2026-55548

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown

proc_sctp_do_auth() updates the SCTP control socket after changing net.sctp.auth_enable. The handler gets the per-net SCTP state from ctl->data, so an already opened sysctl file can still target a network namespace while that namespace is being torn down.

SCTP previously registered its per-net sysctls from sctp_defaults_init(), while the control socket is created later from sctp_ctrlsock_init(). This exposed a window during initialization where auth_enable was writable before net->sctp.ctl_sock existed, and a teardown window where auth_enable stayed writable after inet_ctl_sock_destroy() had released the control socket.

Move the per-net SCTP sysctl registration into sctp_ctrlsock_init() after sctp_ctl_sock_init() succeeds, and unregister the sysctl table before destroying the control socket in sctp_ctrlsock_exit(). If sysctl registration fails after the control socket was created, destroy the control socket in the same init path.

Make sctp_sysctl_net_unregister() tolerate a missing header and clear the saved pointer so init-error and exit paths can safely share the unregister helper.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.292, 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.184, 6.6.151, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.101-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.1.6-1
  • linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.101-1~deb12u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68162

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68162

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • rv RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • perf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • rtla RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • libperf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • kernel-rt RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:85321

  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 +1 more 6.4.0-150600.23.138.1
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.53.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.53.1
  • podman Linux Micro 6.2 5.4.2-160000.6.1
  • kernel-default SLES 16.0, SLE High Availability Extension 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2 +1 more 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4687-1SUSE-SU-2026:4660-1SUSE-SU-2026:24316-1SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:95370ALSA-2026:85321

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
  • kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:95370RLSA-2026:85321

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.152.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-95120

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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-2026-68162 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: sctp: avoid auth_enable sysctl UAF during netns teardown

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85321
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:95370
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85321
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:95370
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85321
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:95370
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hidden (v. 10) kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85321
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:95370
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85321
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.66.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:95370
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.67.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:85321
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more 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 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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