{"id":"CVE-2026-68300","revision":"ac2d5ff322f54a3f8db2647d018550b1","records":[{"revision":"ac2d5ff322f54a3f8db2647d018550b1","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-68300","aliases":[],"title":"sctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: auth: verify auth requirement when auth_chunk is NULL\n\nsctp_auth_chunk_verify() returns true unconditionally when\nchunk->auth_chunk is NULL, silently skipping authentication.\nThis is incorrect when:\n\n1. skb_clone() failed in the BH receive path, leaving auth_chunk\n   NULL. In sctp_endpoint_bh_rcv() asoc is NULL for new\n   connections, so the early sctp_auth_recv_cid() check cannot\n   catch this.\n\n2. No AUTH chunk precedes COOKIE-ECHO, so skb_clone() is never\n   called and auth_chunk remains NULL.\n\nFix by checking sctp_auth_recv_cid() when auth_chunk is NULL:\nif authentication is required, return false to drop the chunk;\notherwise continue normally.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-08-10T12:02:34.168+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T21:09:04.214+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"a129792b3aef15002746c13522781d92ed3522c3\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5a022ac51ad83b4ce6c898f4b9eefc65bd26b247\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"bbd0d59809f923ea2b540cbd781b32110e249f6e\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"6caf0e8590c0bf05a76b0d387726adf3a6f3725c\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": 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