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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-2482

CVE-2011-2482

Description

A certain Red Hat patch to the sctp_sock_migrate function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted SCTP packet.

Affected products

1
  • Linux/Kernel
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <2.6.21

Patches

1
ea2bc483ff5c

[SCTP]: Fix assertion (!atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc)) failed message

https://github.com/torvalds/linuxTsutomu FujiiApr 17, 2007via nvd-ref
commit
1 file changed · +44 −4
  • net/sctp/socket.c+44 −4 modified
    @@ -5638,6 +5638,36 @@ void sctp_wait_for_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	finish_wait(sk->sk_sleep, &wait);
 }
 
+static void sctp_sock_rfree_frag(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *frag;
+
+	if (!skb->data_len)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* Don't forget the fragments. */
+	for (frag = skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list; frag; frag = frag->next)
+		sctp_sock_rfree_frag(frag);
+
+done:
+	sctp_sock_rfree(skb);
+}
+
+static void sctp_skb_set_owner_r_frag(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *frag;
+
+	if (!skb->data_len)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* Don't forget the fragments. */
+	for (frag = skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list; frag; frag = frag->next)
+		sctp_skb_set_owner_r_frag(frag, sk);
+
+done:
+	sctp_skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
+}
+
 /* Populate the fields of the newsk from the oldsk and migrate the assoc
  * and its messages to the newsk.
  */
@@ -5692,10 +5722,10 @@ static void sctp_sock_migrate(struct sock *oldsk, struct sock *newsk,
 	sctp_skb_for_each(skb, &oldsk->sk_receive_queue, tmp) {
 		event = sctp_skb2event(skb);
 		if (event->asoc == assoc) {
-			sctp_sock_rfree(skb);
+			sctp_sock_rfree_frag(skb);
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &oldsk->sk_receive_queue);
 			__skb_queue_tail(&newsk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-			sctp_skb_set_owner_r(skb, newsk);
+			sctp_skb_set_owner_r_frag(skb, newsk);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -5723,10 +5753,10 @@ static void sctp_sock_migrate(struct sock *oldsk, struct sock *newsk,
 		sctp_skb_for_each(skb, &oldsp->pd_lobby, tmp) {
 			event = sctp_skb2event(skb);
 			if (event->asoc == assoc) {
-				sctp_sock_rfree(skb);
+				sctp_sock_rfree_frag(skb);
 				__skb_unlink(skb, &oldsp->pd_lobby);
 				__skb_queue_tail(queue, skb);
-				sctp_skb_set_owner_r(skb, newsk);
+				sctp_skb_set_owner_r_frag(skb, newsk);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -5738,6 +5768,16 @@ static void sctp_sock_migrate(struct sock *oldsk, struct sock *newsk,
 
 	}
 
+	sctp_skb_for_each(skb, &assoc->ulpq.reasm, tmp) {
+		sctp_sock_rfree_frag(skb);
+		sctp_skb_set_owner_r_frag(skb, newsk);
+	}
+
+	sctp_skb_for_each(skb, &assoc->ulpq.lobby, tmp) {
+		sctp_sock_rfree_frag(skb);
+		sctp_skb_set_owner_r_frag(skb, newsk);
+	}
+
 	/* Set the type of socket to indicate that it is peeled off from the
 	 * original UDP-style socket or created with the accept() call on a
 	 * TCP-style socket..

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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