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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: fix addr_wq_timer race in sctp_free_addr_wq()\n\nsctp_free_addr_wq() previously removed addr_wq_timer using timer_delete()\nwhile holding addr_wq_lock. However, timer_delete() does not guarantee that\na currently running timer handler has completed.\n\nThis allows a race with sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler(), where the handler\nmay still run after addr_waitq has been freed, acquire addr_wq_lock, and\naccess freed memory, leading to a use-after-free.\n\nFix this by calling timer_shutdown_sync() before taking addr_wq_lock.  This\nguarantees that any in-flight timer handler has finished and prevents the\ntimer from being re-armed during teardown, making subsequent cleanup safe."
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            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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              "value": "AV:L - The UAF is in sctp_free_addr_wq() during per-network-namespace SCTP teardown when a net namespace is destroyed; reaching it requires local syscalls (unshare/exit, SCTP socket/bind/setsockopt, rtnetlink address changes), not remote SCTP packet receive paths.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race by creating a netns with SCTP AUTO_ASCONF sockets, queueing address events that arm addr_wq_timer (~500ms), and concurrently destroying that namespace; timer_delete() does not wait for sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler(), so the UAF is reliably winnable.\nPR:L - An unprivileged local user can obtain CAP_NET_ADMIN in a new user+network namespace via unshare, bind an SCTP socket to INADDR_ANY, enable SCTP_AUTO_ASCONF, churn interface addresses to populate addr_waitq, and destroy the namespace; container tenants can trigger the same netns teardown without init-namespace root.\nUI:N - Exploitation is fully attacker-driven through scripted namespace create/configure/destroy and concurrent threads; no victim must mount filesystems, open files, or take any discretionary action beyond the attacker\u0027s own setup.\nS:U - The bug is kernel heap use-after-free of sctp_sockaddr_entry during netns teardown; impact is host kernel memory corruption and privilege escalation within the same kernel security authority, not a VM/hypervisor or IOMMU boundary crossing.\nC:H - sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler() may walk addr_waitq and dereference sctp_sockaddr_entry fields after sctp_free_addr_wq() kfree()\u0027s those entries; UAF on freed heap objects enables kernel memory disclosure and supports further exploitation primitives.\nI:H - The timer handler calls sctp_asconf_mgmt() on corrupted addrw pointers (address family, sockaddr, state), driving ASCONF add/delete processing on freed memory; UAF heap corruption is exploitable for arbitrary kernel write and potential code execution.\nA:H - Use-after-free in sctp_addr_wq_timeout_handler() during list iteration, socket locking, and sctp_asconf_mgmt() can cause kernel oops or panic from accesses to freed sctp_sockaddr_entry memory, even when full exploitation is not attempted."
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          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/976c19de0f22a857ba0112f39635f8fd7a257568"
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    "cveId": "CVE-2026-72383",
    "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:56:14.755Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.923Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:43:34.215Z",
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