Remote kernel crash via stale SCTP metadata
Published Jun 24, 2026 · Updated Jun 24, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in affected Linux Kernel releases allows remote attackers to crash the kernel via SCTP RE-CONFIG traffic. Denial of ADD_OUT_STREAMS lowers outcnt without removing scheduler-private stream extensions, allowing a later re-add to reuse stale metadata in the scheduler get path. An established SCTP association with stream reconfiguration enabled is required, and the reported consequence is an oops or crash without data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in affected Linux Kernel releases allows remote attackers to crash the kernel via SCTP RE-CONFIG traffic. Denial of ADD_OUT_STREAMS lowers outcnt without removing scheduler-private stream extensions, allowing a later re-add to reuse stale metadata in the scheduler get path. An established SCTP association with stream reconfiguration enabled is required, and the reported consequence is an oops or crash without data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-52929
- Published
- Jun 24, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.15
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <0cd2dc6dce8ca47212cd306ccd52eb315ef3cf85
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <1c6773b8c081509dcd5cd2954f2b02c50c00f151
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <39dc2b0eb5371a669ebc9ec6072b9184eac95418
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <7dd9a42b044aad2dbe037db1c1e2943582485b44
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <9662eb0401518f0b4681f10e7fbf688f504f24cf
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <a5f8a90ac9f77c678a9781c0a464b635e0d63e49
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <a6724b7b812ac8793514a1d5938db5d9d29ae725
- Affected versionversion=637784ade221a3c8a7ecd0f583eddd95d6276b9a <d5ea0b3e261fcb2cfff142675516165244cab1da
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