CVE-2024-49944EPSS p18.9%
CVE-2024-49944CVE-2024-49944
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: set sk_state back to CLOSED if autobind fails in sctp_listen_start
In sctp_listen_start() invoked by sctp_inet_listen(), it should set the
sk_state back to CLOSED if sctp_autobind() fails due to whatever reason.
Otherwise, next time when calling sctp_inet_listen(), if sctp_sk(sk)->reuse
is already set via setsockopt(SCTP_REUSE_PORT), sctp_sk(sk)->bind_hash will
be dereferenced as sk_state is LISTENING, which causes a crash as bind_hash
is NULL.
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:sctp_inet_listen+0x7f0/0xa20 net/sctp/socket.c:8617
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1883 [inline]
__sys_listen+0x1b7/0x230 net/socket.c:1894
__do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1902 [inline]
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 | 0.28% probability of exploitation · percentile 18.9% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-15 |