sctp: fix use-after-free of cached ASCONF chunk
authorYuxiang Yang <yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn>
Sun, 9 Aug 2026 04:38:06 +0000 (12:38 +0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:54:42 +0000 (17:54 -0700)
commit8c283e7b56adce00193837f3311b06662466fb21
tree342de931e60235a1f5c5be678e5c7c4b2c1f7db8
parent36a05d2820077bb3955acb8111e1041d39148037
sctp: fix use-after-free of cached ASCONF chunk

addip_last_asconf caches the outstanding outbound ASCONF chunk. The normal
ASCONF-ACK completion path releases the chunk and clears the pointer.

However, sctp_asconf_queue_teardown() releases the cached chunk without
clearing addip_last_asconf. During peer restart handling,
sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a() queues SCTP_CMD_PURGE_ASCONF_QUEUE, which invokes
sctp_asconf_queue_teardown() while the association remains alive and leaves
the pointer dangling.

A delayed authenticated ASCONF-ACK can then reach sctp_sf_do_asconf_ack(),
which accesses the stale chunk and passes it to sctp_process_asconf_ack(),
causing a use-after-free and a second release.

Clearing the pointer exposes a race with T4 expiry. Peer restart handling
queues the timer stop before the purge, but SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP uses
timer_delete(), which does not wait for a callback already running on
another CPU. Such a callback can reach sctp_sf_t4_timer_expire() after
the purge and dereference NULL.

Clear addip_last_asconf after releasing the cached chunk, and make
sctp_sf_t4_timer_expire() consume a stale T4 expiry if no outstanding
ASCONF remains.

Fixes: a000c01e60e4 ("sctp: stop pending timers and purge queues when peer restart asoc")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuxiang Yang <yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn>
Acked-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260809043806.2768302-1-yangyx22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/sctp/associola.c
net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c