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CVE-2026-89479: Linux kernel SCTP handling can cause crash
CVE-2026-89479 · published 1 month ago
Summary
The Linux kernel’s SCTP network component could mishandle certain packets, leading to the system using memory that has already been released and potentially crashing. This affects Linux distributions that use the kernel, such as Debian and Canonical releases. Update the kernel to the latest version where the processing error has been corrected.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 7.2.6-1.
- Update linux kernel to version 7.2.4.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.18.53-r0.
- Update debian linux to version 6.12.111-1.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.12.111-r0.
- Update debian linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1.
- Update bellsoft linux-lts to version 6.1.189-r0.
- Update linux linux to version ee3f04cf566f6041aa9a0360494fd8db5ade383a or later.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | debian | linux | All versions |
| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 7.2.6-1 Fix: upgrade to 7.2.6-1
|
| – | linux | linux |
< ee3f04cf566f6041aa9a0360494fd8db5ade383a 2.6.12 |
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 6.19.0, < 7.2.4 Fix: upgrade to 7.2.4
|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lts-xenial | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-kvm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-iot | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iotg | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-bos | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-7.0 | All versions |
| Alpaquita:23 | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.1.182-r0 >= 6.1.182-r0, < 6.1.189-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.189-r0
|
| Alpaquita:25 | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.12.103-r0 >= 6.12.103-r0, < 6.12.111-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-r0
|
| Alpaquita:stream | bellsoft | linux-lts |
>= 6.18.46-r0 >= 6.18.46-r0, < 6.18.53-r0 Fix: upgrade to 6.18.53-r0
|
| Debian:13 | debian | linux |
< 6.12.111-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-1
|
| Debian:12 | debian | linux-6.12 |
< 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
|
Original advisory text
BELL-CVE-2026-89479
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: stop processing a packet once its association is deleted
sctp_endpoint_bh_rcv() looks the association up only when chunk->asoc is
NULL, and caches the result in chunk->asoc and chunk->transport without
taking a reference.
A packet that matches no association is handed to the endpoint, so a peer
can bundle COOKIE ECHO, SHUTDOWN and SHUTDOWN ACK in one packet. The
COOKIE ECHO creates the association, the SHUTDOWN chunk caches it, and
with the outqueue empty the SHUTDOWN ACK reaches sctp_sf_do_9_2_final(),
so the association and its transports are freed.
The endpoint loop has no counterpart to the asoc->base.dead check in
sctp_assoc_bh_rcv(). The next chunk writes to last_time_heard in the freed
transport and is then passed to sctp_do_sm() with the freed association.
The transport is freed through RCU, so this needs the packet to come off
the socket backlog, where the loop runs in task context.
The endpoint loop cannot do the same check: it holds no reference on the
association, so reading asoc->base.dead would itself be a use-after-free.
Mark the packet for discard in the command interpreter, just before it
deletes the association. That is also before sctp_inq_free() releases the
chunk on the association receive path.
sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook() issues SCTP_CMD_DELETE_TCB for the temporary
association, while the one the packet belongs to stays alive. A restarting
peer can bundle DATA behind its COOKIE ECHO, so compare against
chunk->asoc and leave that case alone.
sctp: stop processing a packet once its association is deleted
sctp_endpoint_bh_rcv() looks the association up only when chunk->asoc is
NULL, and caches the result in chunk->asoc and chunk->transport without
taking a reference.
A packet that matches no association is handed to the endpoint, so a peer
can bundle COOKIE ECHO, SHUTDOWN and SHUTDOWN ACK in one packet. The
COOKIE ECHO creates the association, the SHUTDOWN chunk caches it, and
with the outqueue empty the SHUTDOWN ACK reaches sctp_sf_do_9_2_final(),
so the association and its transports are freed.
The endpoint loop has no counterpart to the asoc->base.dead check in
sctp_assoc_bh_rcv(). The next chunk writes to last_time_heard in the freed
transport and is then passed to sctp_do_sm() with the freed association.
The transport is freed through RCU, so this needs the packet to come off
the socket backlog, where the loop runs in task context.
The endpoint loop cannot do the same check: it holds no reference on the
association, so reading asoc->base.dead would itself be a use-after-free.
Mark the packet for discard in the command interpreter, just before it
deletes the association. That is also before sctp_inq_free() releases the
chunk on the association receive path.
sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook() issues SCTP_CMD_DELETE_TCB for the temporary
association, while the one the packet belongs to stays alive. A restarting
peer can bundle DATA behind its COOKIE ECHO, so compare against
chunk->asoc and leave that case alone.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e15a8d12e366d0d261bcbc394394f44418938d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a713e1b3a265f180ad25a08e17be15d67a2f7149
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee3f04cf566f6041aa9a0360494fd8db5ade383a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa306a40e716c5abcd967475459ce1ebd56e5115
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-89479 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/89xxx/CVE-2026-89479... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89479 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-89479 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89479 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09c3b193a3e8fe53e1f416e2f8e3283d2a785405
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0b2dbbdafc9eeeb11fffe1e46551fc3b55d8ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d970353eeb98f46a3b9dc602850e4f6336a9889
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed85fe91a61bc0e0da6b585c07102b20f4cc65a0
- https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2026-89479 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/47e15a8d12e366d0d261bcbc394394f44418938d Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git Product
Severity
9.8
Critical
Timeline
Published11 Sep 2026
Updated11 Oct 2026
First seen11 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2026-89479 · NVD
CVE-2026-89479 · MITRE
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89479 · OSV
CVE-2026-89479 · OSV
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89479 · OSV
BELL-CVE-2026-89479 · OSV
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