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CVE-2022-50243 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: handle the error returned from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key When it returns an error from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key(), the active_key is actually not updated. The old sh_key will be freeed while it's still used as active key in asoc. Then an use-after-free will be triggered when sending patckets, as found by syzbot: sctp_auth_shkey_hold+0x22/0xa0 net/sctp/auth.c:112 sctp_set_owner_w net/sctp/socket.c:132 [inline] sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0xbd5/0x1a20 net/sctp/socket.c:1863 sctp_sendmsg+0x1053/0x1d50 net/sctp/socket.c:2025 inet_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:819 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734 This patch is to fix it by not replacing the sh_key when it returns errors from sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() in sctp_auth_set_key(). For sctp_auth_set_active_key(), old active_key_id will be set back to asoc->active_key_id when the same thing happens.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/022152aaebe116a25c39818a07e175a8cd3c1e11 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f90099d18e3abdc01babf686f41f63fe04939c1 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d636b663e0e92951bba5fced929ca7fd25c552 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/382ff44716603a54f5fd238ddec6a2468e217612 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0fcf5e29c0940e1169ce9c44f73edd98bdf12d kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fa99a3a11bdd77fef6b4a97f1021eb30b5ba40 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65955340e0044f5c41ac799a01698ac7dee8a4e kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-50243
NVD Published Date:
09/15/2025
NVD Last Modified:
09/15/2025
Source:
kernel.org