Bug 2395777 (CVE-2025-39812)

Summary: CVE-2025-39812 kernel: sctp: initialize more fields in sctp_v6_from_sk()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-16 14:01:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: initialize more fields in sctp_v6_from_sk()

syzbot found that sin6_scope_id was not properly initialized,
leading to undefined behavior.

Clear sin6_scope_id and sin6_flowinfo.

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649
  __sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649
  sctp_inet6_cmp_addr+0x4f2/0x510 net/sctp/ipv6.c:983
  sctp_bind_addr_conflict+0x22a/0x3b0 net/sctp/bind_addr.c:390
  sctp_get_port_local+0x21eb/0x2440 net/sctp/socket.c:8452
  sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8523 [inline]
  sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline]
  sctp_inet_listen+0x710/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636
  __sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline]
  __sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline]
  __do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline]
  __se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline]
  __x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930
  x64_sys_call+0x271d/0x3e20 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:51
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Local variable addr.i.i created at:
  sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8515 [inline]
  sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline]
  sctp_inet_listen+0x650/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636
  __sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline]
  __sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline]
  __do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline]
  __se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline]
  __x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930