CVE-2024-44935EPSS p12.6%
CVE-2024-44935CVE-2024-44935
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: Fix null-ptr-deref in reuseport_add_sock().
syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref while accessing sk2->sk_reuseport_cb in
reuseport_add_sock(). [0]
The repro first creates a listener with SO_REUSEPORT. Then, it creates
another listener on the same port and concurrently closes the first
listener.
The second listen() calls reuseport_add_sock() with the first listener as
sk2, where sk2->sk_reuseport_cb is not expected to be cleared concurrently,
but the close() does clear it by reuseport_detach_sock().
The problem is SCTP does not properly synchronise reuseport_alloc(),
reuseport_add_sock(), and reuseport_detach_sock().
The caller of reuseport_alloc() and reuseport_{add,detach}_sock() must
provide synchronisation for sockets that are classified into the same
reuseport group.
Otherwise, such sockets form multiple identical reuseport groups, and
all groups except one would be silently dead.
1. Two sockets call l
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.23% probability of exploitation · percentile 12.6% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-15 |