---
id: CVE-2026-63971
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff

  sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while
  waiting for the association to reach ESTAB…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff

  sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while
  waiting for the association to reach ESTAB…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-362
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 4.16, < 5.10.259'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.210'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.176'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.93'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.35'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.12'
  - linux_kernel = 7.1
patched:
  - linux_kernel 7.0.12
published: '2026-07-19'
updated: '2026-10-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-02T19:39:40.550'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63971'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e0d5bc76fd4267a71334fcc8f1a5fbcf997845d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6140cfa721451fa6e18e134e709703c2bf34d0fb'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/634a9af8a26a84d8b0d7b3b643204b344b42d9fb'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68667ee4c7dadf7f63167234e2a1af09b3f7874e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d2038d4b80166f7bead8d07eba3b97405816c21'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e9b56051d24540cfbf39194618708c4a7633549'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcfeac79af740735ace44008b4a11b8e5add20f5'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f14fe6395a8b3d961a61e138ad7b36ba3626dd4e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00169
epssPercentile: 0.0559
ingestedAt: '2026-10-02T22:33:09.807Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

sctp: fix race between sctp_wait_for_connect and peeloff

sctp_wait_for_connect() drops and re-acquires the socket lock while
waiting for the association to reach ESTABLISHED state. During this
window, another thread can peeloff the association to a new socket via
getsockopt(SCTP_SOCKOPT_PEELOFF), changing asoc->base.sk. After
re-acquiring the old socket lock, sctp_wait_for_connect() returns
success without noticing the migration — the caller then accesses
the association under the wrong lock in sctp_datamsg_from_user().

Add the same sk != asoc->base.sk check that sctp_wait_for_sndbuf()
already has, returning an error if the association was migrated while
we slept.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 4.16, < 5.10.259`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.210`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.176`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.93`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.35`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.12`
- `linux_kernel = 7.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 7.0.12`