sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto
syzbot reported a possible shift-out-of-bounds [1]
Blamed commit added rto_alpha_max and rto_beta_max set to 1000.
It is unclear if some sctp users are setting very large rto_alpha
and/or rto_beta.
In order to prevent user regression, perform the test at run time.
Also add READ_ONCE() annotations as sysctl values can change under us.
[1]
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/sctp/transport.c:509:41
shift exponent 64 is too large for 32-bit type 'unsigned int'
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16704 Comm: syz.2.2320 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:233 [inline]
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x27f/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:494
sctp_transport_update_rto.cold+0x1c/0x34b net/sctp/transport.c:509
sctp_check_transmitted+0x11c4/0x1c30 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1502
sctp_outq_sack+0x4ef/0x1b20 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1338
sctp_cmd_process_sack net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:840 [inline]
sctp_cmd_interpreter net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1372 [inline]
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Debian DLA |
DLA-4404-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-4436-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
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USN-8029-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-8096-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8100-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8095-3 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8116-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG Real-time) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8125-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8126-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8095-5 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8163-2 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8243-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
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USN-8261-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto syzbot reported a possible shift-out-of-bounds [1] Blamed commit added rto_alpha_max and rto_beta_max set to 1000. It is unclear if some sctp users are setting very large rto_alpha and/or rto_beta. In order to prevent user regression, perform the test at run time. Also add READ_ONCE() annotations as sysctl values can change under us. [1] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/sctp/transport.c:509:41 shift exponent 64 is too large for 32-bit type 'unsigned int' CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16704 Comm: syz.2.2320 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:233 [inline] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x27f/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:494 sctp_transport_update_rto.cold+0x1c/0x34b net/sctp/transport.c:509 sctp_check_transmitted+0x11c4/0x1c30 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1502 sctp_outq_sack+0x4ef/0x1b20 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1338 sctp_cmd_process_sack net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:840 [inline] sctp_cmd_interpreter net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1372 [inline] | |
| Title | sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:46:18.993Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.184Z
Link: CVE-2025-40281
No data.
Status : Deferred
Published: 2025-12-06T22:15:56.113
Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020
Link: CVE-2025-40281
OpenCVE Enrichment
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No weakness.
Debian DLA
Ubuntu USN