Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-63971
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while waiting for the association to reach ESTABLISHED state. During this window, another thread can peeloff the association to a new socket via getsockopt(SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF), changing asoc->base.sk. After re-acquiring the old socket lock, sctp_wait_for_connect() returns success without noticing the migration — the caller then accesses the association under the wrong lock in sctp_datamsg_from_user(). Add the same sk != asoc->base.sk check that sctp_wait_for_sndbuf() already has, returning an error if the association was migrated while we slept.
EPSS: 0.002 (6.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 668c9beb9020d5834ee9e43c208190a07d2b1928, 4.16, 0
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-63971?
- CVE-2026-63971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-07-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-63971?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.