Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-97196.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-97196
Upstream
Published
2026-08-22T16:16:43Z
Modified
2026-09-01T05:28:09Z
Summary
CVE-2026-74688 affecting package kernel 6.6.150.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: clear control chunk transport if it is being removed

sctpmakeheartbeatack() caches the destination transport in chunk->transport without taking a reference. When srcoutofasocok is enabled, the HEARTBEAT ACK may remain queued on controlchunk_list instead of being transmitted immediately.

If the peer transport is removed while the chunk is still queued, sctpassocrmpeer() drops the transport and schedules it for RCU freeing, but only clears cached transport pointers in outchunk_list. The queued control chunk therefore retains a dangling transport pointer.

Once an ASCONF_ACK clears the suppression and the queued control chunk is transmitted, SCTP dereferences the stale transport pointer, leading to a use-after-free.

Fix this by also clearing chunk->transport for queued control chunks in controlchunklist when removing the transport.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
6.6.150.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-97196.json"