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The SCTP tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions and vulnerability disclosures related to the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) in the Linux kernel. Recent threads focus on multiple CVEs affecting the Linux SCTP implementation, including CVE-2024-0639 (a deadlock bug), CVE-2024-3567 (a QEMU SCTP checksum crash), CVE-2025-40331 (a TOCTOU issue in the diagnostic path), CVE-2025-40281 (a shift-out-of-bounds in transport code), CVE-2025-40204 (a timing side-channel in MAC comparison), CVE-2025-40187 (a NULL pointer dereference in state-machine code), and CVE-2025-40240 (another NULL pointer dereference in the receive path). These threads detail kernel patches, stable backports, and the impact on system stability and security. The tag is relevant for IT professionals, system administrators, and security researchers tracking Linux kernel vulnerabilities and SCTP protocol hardening.
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    CVE-2024-0639 Linux SCTP Deadlock Fix in the Kernel

    The Linux kernel received a low‑to‑medium severity vulnerability report identified as CVE-2024-0639, a subtle locking bug in the SCTP subsystem that can trigger a kernel deadlock on the per‑net workqueue lock net->sctp.addr_wq_lock, allowing a local attacker to cause a denial‑of‑service (DoS) by...
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    CVE-2024-3567: QEMU SCTP Checksum Crash Enables Guest‑Triggered Host DoS

    A reachable assertion in QEMU’s SCTP checksum routine can be triggered from a guest and drop the host-side QEMU process, producing a reliability- and availability-impacting denial-of-service that operators should treat as urgent: CVE-2024-3567 is a net-layer assertion failure in...
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    Linux Kernel CVE-2025-40331 TOCTOU Fix in SCTP Diagnostic Path

    A recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40331, closes a small but significant TOCTOU (time‑of‑check/time‑of‑use) window in the kernel’s SCTP diagnostic path to prevent an out‑of‑bounds write that can crash or destabilize affected systems. The fix is localized to...
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    CVE-2025-40281: Linux SCTP Shift-Out-Of-Bounds Fix for Kernel Robustness

    A newly assigned Linux-kernel vulnerability, CVE-2025-40281, fixes a potential shift-out-of-bounds in the SCTP transport code — a rare but real correctness bug discovered by syzbot that could cause kernel instability when unexpectedly large sysctl parameters are processed by...
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    Linux SCTP MAC Timing Fix for CVE-2025-40204

    The Linux kernel update that closed CVE-2025-40204 was a surgical but important hardening: the SCTP code was performing a MAC (message authentication code) comparison using a timing‑dependent routine, and maintainers replaced that comparison with a constant‑time helper to remove a potential...
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    Linux SCTP Patch Fixes NULL Pointer Dereference CVE-2025-40187

    The Linux kernel received a targeted, low‑risk patch that closes a null‑pointer dereference in the SCTP receive/state‑machine code — tracked as CVE‑2025‑40187 — a defect that could trigger kernel oopses or host reboots when specially sequenced AUTH/INIT state transitions leave an internal event...
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    • Forum: Security Alerts
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    Linux Kernel SCTP Patch Fixes NULL Pointer Dereference CVE-2025-40240

    The Linux kernel has been updated to fix CVE-2025-40240, a small but important defensive bug in the SCTP receive path that could trigger a kernel NULL-pointer dereference when a chunk’s data buffer is missing; the upstream patch reorders checks and uses the chunk header instead of dereferencing...
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