linux/net/sctp
Xin Long a80c9d945a sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT
A null-ptr-deref was reported in the SCTP transmit path when SCTP-AUTH key
initialization fails:

  ==================================================================
  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
  CPU: 0 PID: 16 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Tainted: G W 6.6.0 #2
  RIP: 0010:sctp_packet_bundle_auth net/sctp/output.c:264 [inline]
  RIP: 0010:sctp_packet_append_chunk+0xb36/0x1260 net/sctp/output.c:401
  Call Trace:

  sctp_packet_transmit_chunk+0x31/0x250 net/sctp/output.c:189
  sctp_outq_flush_data+0xa29/0x26d0 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1111
  sctp_outq_flush+0xc80/0x1240 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1217
  sctp_cmd_interpreter.isra.0+0x19a5/0x62c0 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1787
  sctp_side_effects net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1198 [inline]
  sctp_do_sm+0x1a3/0x670 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1169
  sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x33e/0x640 net/sctp/associola.c:1052
  sctp_inq_push+0x1dd/0x280 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88
  sctp_rcv+0x11ae/0x3100 net/sctp/input.c:243
  sctp6_rcv+0x3d/0x60 net/sctp/ipv6.c:1127

The issue is triggered when sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key() fails in
sctp_sf_do_5_1C_ack() while processing an INIT_ACK. In this case, the
command sequence is currently:

- SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT
- SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP (T1_INIT)
- SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START (T1_COOKIE)
- SCTP_CMD_NEW_STATE (COOKIE_ECHOED)
- SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY
- SCTP_CMD_GEN_COOKIE_ECHO

If SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY fails, asoc->shkey remains NULL, while
asoc->peer.auth_capable and asoc->peer.peer_chunks have already been set by
SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT. This allows a DATA chunk with auth = 1 and shkey = NULL
to be queued by sctp_datamsg_from_user().

Since command interpretation stops on failure, no COOKIE_ECHO should been
sent via SCTP_CMD_GEN_COOKIE_ECHO. However, the T1_COOKIE timer has already
been started, and it may enqueue a COOKIE_ECHO into the outqueue later. As
a result, the DATA chunk can be transmitted together with the COOKIE_ECHO
in sctp_outq_flush_data(), leading to the observed issue.

Similar to the other places where it calls sctp_auth_asoc_init_active_key()
right after sctp_process_init(), this patch moves the SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY
immediately after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT, before stopping T1_INIT and starting
T1_COOKIE. This ensures that if shared key generation fails, authenticated
DATA cannot be sent. It also allows the T1_INIT timer to retransmit INIT,
giving the client another chance to process INIT_ACK and retry key setup.

Fixes: 730fc3d05c ("[SCTP]: Implete SCTP-AUTH parameter processing")
Reported-by: Zhen Chen <chenzhen126@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Zhen Chen <chenzhen126@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/44881224b375aa8853f5e19b4055a1a56d895813.1768324226.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2026-01-17 15:10:34 -08:00
..
associola.c sctp: Remove unused sctp_assoc_del_peer and sctp_chunk_iif 2025-05-05 16:51:12 -07:00
auth.c sctp: Use HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-SHA256 library for chunk authentication 2025-08-19 19:36:25 -07:00
bind_addr.c sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope 2023-01-24 18:32:33 -08:00
chunk.c sctp: Use HMAC-SHA1 and HMAC-SHA256 library for chunk authentication 2025-08-19 19:36:25 -07:00
debug.c sctp: add the probe timer in transport for PLPMTUD 2021-06-22 11:28:52 -07:00
diag.c sctp: Hold sock lock while iterating over address list 2025-11-03 17:09:36 -08:00
endpointola.c sctp: Convert cookie authentication to use HMAC-SHA256 2025-08-19 19:36:26 -07:00
input.c net: sctp: fix KMSAN uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop 2025-10-30 11:21:05 +01:00
inqueue.c sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing 2025-10-22 19:19:31 -07:00
ipv6.c sctp: Clear inet_opt in sctp_v6_copy_ip_options(). 2025-12-18 16:18:00 +01:00
Kconfig sctp: Convert cookie authentication to use HMAC-SHA256 2025-08-19 19:36:26 -07:00
Makefile sctp: add fair capacity stream scheduler 2023-03-09 11:31:44 +01:00
objcnt.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 104 2019-05-24 17:39:00 +02:00
offload.c sctp: use skb_crc32c() instead of __skb_checksum() 2025-05-21 15:40:16 -07:00
output.c treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]() 2025-04-05 10:30:12 +02:00
outqueue.c treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]() 2025-04-05 10:30:12 +02:00
primitive.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 104 2019-05-24 17:39:00 +02:00
proc.c sctp: snmp: do not use SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL anymore 2025-09-08 18:06:21 -07:00
protocol.c sctp: Remove sctp_pf.create_accept_sk(). 2025-10-27 18:04:58 -07:00
sm_make_chunk.c sctp: Convert cookie authentication to use HMAC-SHA256 2025-08-19 19:36:26 -07:00
sm_sideeffect.c treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
sm_statefuns.c sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT 2026-01-17 15:10:34 -08:00
sm_statetable.c sctp: add the probe timer in transport for PLPMTUD 2021-06-22 11:28:52 -07:00
socket.c sctp: Fetch inet6_sk() after setting ->pinet6 in sctp_clone_sock(). 2025-12-18 16:17:59 +01:00
stream.c sctp: Constify struct sctp_sched_ops 2025-10-28 17:50:55 -07:00
stream_interleave.c sctp: delete the nested flexible array skip 2023-04-21 08:19:29 +01:00
stream_sched.c sctp: Constify struct sctp_sched_ops 2025-10-28 17:50:55 -07:00
stream_sched_fc.c sctp: Constify struct sctp_sched_ops 2025-10-28 17:50:55 -07:00
stream_sched_prio.c sctp: Constify struct sctp_sched_ops 2025-10-28 17:50:55 -07:00
stream_sched_rr.c sctp: Constify struct sctp_sched_ops 2025-10-28 17:50:55 -07:00
sysctl.c sctp: Stop accepting md5 and sha1 for net.sctp.cookie_hmac_alg 2025-08-19 19:36:26 -07:00
transport.c sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto 2025-11-10 16:21:05 -08:00
tsnmap.c net: sctp: trivial: fix typo in comment 2021-03-04 13:48:32 -08:00
ulpevent.c net: remove noblock parameter from recvmsg() entities 2022-04-12 15:00:25 +02:00
ulpqueue.c sctp: remove unnecessary NULL check in sctp_ulpq_tail_event() 2022-10-20 21:43:10 -07:00