CVE-2021-47397
CVE-2021-47397CVE-2021-47397
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: break out if skb_header_pointer returns NULL in sctp_rcv_ootb
We should always check if skb_header_pointer's return is NULL before
using it, otherwise it may cause null-ptr-deref, as syzbot reported:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:sctp_rcv_ootb net/sctp/input.c:705 [inline]
RIP: 0010:sctp_rcv+0x1d84/0x3220 net/sctp/input.c:196
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
sctp6_rcv+0x38/0x60 net/sctp/ipv6.c:1109
ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2e9/0x1ca0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:422
ip6_input_finish+0x62/0x170 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:463
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:301 [inline]
ip6_input+0x9c/0xd0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:472
dst_input include/net/dst.h:460 [inline]
ip6_rcv_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:76 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:301 [inline]
ipv6
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |