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Advisory severityHigh8.1Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2026-68376] fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-68376 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix auth_hmacs array size in struct sctp_cookie The auth_hmacs array in struct sctp_cookie is supposed to store a complete SCTP_AUTH_HMAC_ALGO parameter, which consists of a struct sctp_paramhdr followed by N HMAC identifiers.

However, the array size was calculated using an extra 2 bytes instead of sizeof(struct sctp_paramhdr), which is 4 bytes. When four HMAC identifiers are configured, the HMAC-ALGO parameter stored in the endpoint is larger than the auth_hmacs buffer in the cookie.

As a result, sctp_association_init() copies beyond the end of auth_hmacs when initializing the association, corrupting the adjacent auth_chunks field. This can lead to an invalid HMAC identifier being accepted and later cause an out-of-bounds read in sctp_auth_get_hmac().

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation. An incorrect array size calculation for the `auth_hmacs` field within the `sctp_cookie` structure could lead to a buffer overflow.

During the initialization of an SCTP association, if four HMAC identifiers are configured, the system attempts to copy data beyond the allocated buffer. This results in the corruption of an adjacent memory field (`auth_chunks`) and can subsequently cause an out-of-bounds read when processing HMAC identifiers.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.

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Fixed versions
  • kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.162.1.rt7.503.el8_10
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-553.162.1.el8_10
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-687.47.1.el9_8
  • RHSA-2026:66324
  • RHSA-2026:66325
  • RHSA-2026:67150

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • To prevent the SCTP kernel module from loading, blacklist it by creating a file `/etc/modprobe.d/disable-sctp.conf` with the content `blacklist sctp`. Regenerate the initramfs using `dracut -f -v` (RHEL 8/9/10) or `mkinitrd -f -v /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)` (RHEL 7), then reboot the system. This action may affect applications dependent on SCTP.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source

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