Bug 2528761 (CVE-2026-80890) - CVE-2026-80890 kernel: sctp: reject stale cookies with mismatched verification tags
Summary: CVE-2026-80890 kernel: sctp: reject stale cookies with mismatched verificatio...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80890
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-04 17:26 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-25 22:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-04 17:26:37 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: reject stale cookies with mismatched verification tags

sctp_unpack_cookie() skips cookie expiration checks whenever an
association already exists.  This is broader than the exception in
RFC 9260 Section 5.2.4.

For an existing association, Section 5.2.4 permits an expired State
Cookie only when both Verification Tags in the cookie match the current
association.  Otherwise, the packet SHOULD be discarded and a Stale
Cookie ERROR MUST be sent.

The broad check lets an expired Action A restart cookie reach
sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a().  In a runtime test with the default 60 second
cookie lifetime, replaying such a cookie after 65 seconds returned a
COOKIE-ACK and restarted the association.

Check cookie expiration unless both Verification Tags match.  This
preserves the Action D exception for a lost COOKIE ACK while rejecting
expired cookies in all other cases.


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