{"id":"CVE-2026-53070","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()\n\nudp_tunnel_xmit_skb() / udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() are expected to run with\nBH disabled","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()\n\nudp_tunnel_xmit_skb() / udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() are expected to run with\nBH disabled.  After commit 6f1a9140ecda (…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","published":"2026-06-24","updated":"2026-07-04","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53070","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0de7db2eb27e82b983157016fa604b1ba664ae5f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd7e6971fc2787408ceef17906ea152791448cf","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/790093245e35040c2adb15f48970020425aa3f47","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be3bfcb34bda04f6a350710db471d4133f950f2c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0063,"epssPercentile":0.47979,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-04T12:56:09.615Z","slug":"CVE-2026-53070","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()\n\nudp_tunnel_xmit_skb() / udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb() are expected to run with\nBH disabled.  After commit 6f1a9140ecda (\"add xmit recursion limit to\ntunnel xmit functions\"), on the path:\n\n  udp(6)_tunnel_xmit_skb() -> ip(6)tunnel_xmit()\n\ndev_xmit_recursion_inc()/dec() must stay balanced on the same CPU.\n\nWithout local_bh_disable(), the context may move between CPUs, which can\nbreak the inc/dec pairing. This may lead to incorrect recursion level\ndetection and cause packets to be dropped in ip(6)_tunnel_xmit() or\n__dev_queue_xmit().\n\nFix it by disabling BH around both IPv4 and IPv6 SCTP UDP xmit paths.\n\nIn my testing, after enabling the SCTP over UDP:\n\n  # ip net exec ha sysctl -w net.sctp.udp_port=9899\n  # ip net exec ha sysctl -w net.sctp.encap_port=9899\n  # ip net exec hb sysctl -w net.sctp.udp_port=9899\n  # ip net exec hb sysctl -w net.sctp.encap_port=9899\n\n  # ip net exec ha iperf3 -s\n\n- without this patch:\n\n  # ip net exec hb iperf3 -c 192.168.0.1 --sctp\n  [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  37.2 MBytes  31.2 Mbits/sec  sender\n  [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  37.1 MBytes  31.1 Mbits/sec  receiver\n\n- with this patch:\n\n  # ip net exec hb iperf3 -c 192.168.0.1 --sctp\n  [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  3.14 GBytes  2.69 Gbits/sec  sender\n  [  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  3.14 GBytes  2.69 Gbits/sec  receiver\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}