{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-06-26T19:42:32+00:00","cve":"CVE-2026-53070","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2026-53070","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2026-53070.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53070","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53070"},"summary":{"title":"sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()","description":"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 (\"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","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"Linux","published_at":"2026-06-24 17:17:20","updated_at":"2026-06-24 17:17:20"},"problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd7e6971fc2787408ceef17906ea152791448cf","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd7e6971fc2787408ceef17906ea152791448cf","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/790093245e35040c2adb15f48970020425aa3f47","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/790093245e35040c2adb15f48970020425aa3f47","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53070","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53070","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 790093245e35040c2adb15f48970020425aa3f47 git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8 2cd7e6971fc2787408ceef17906ea152791448cf git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 5.11","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 5.11 semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 7.0.10 7.0.* semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 7.1 * original_commit_for_fix","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":{"cve_year":"2026","cve_id":"53070","cve":"CVE-2026-53070","epss":"0.001450000","percentile":"0.040700000","score_date":"2026-06-25","updated_at":"2026-06-26 00:06:14"},"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"cna":{"affected":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["net/sctp/ipv6.c","net/sctp/protocol.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"790093245e35040c2adb15f48970020425aa3f47","status":"affected","version":"046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"2cd7e6971fc2787408ceef17906ea152791448cf","status":"affected","version":"046c052b475e7119b6a30e3483e2888fc606a2f8","versionType":"git"}]},{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["net/sctp/ipv6.c","net/sctp/protocol.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"5.11"},{"lessThan":"5.11","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.0.10","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"7.1","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"cpeMatch":[{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.10","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"7.1","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","vulnerable":true}],"negate":false,"operator":"OR"}]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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 (\"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"}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-06-24T16:30:11.816Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/790093245e35040c2adb15f48970020425aa3f47"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd7e6971fc2787408ceef17906ea152791448cf"}],"title":"sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2026-53070","datePublished":"2026-06-24T16:30:11.816Z","dateReserved":"2026-06-09T07:44:35.382Z","dateUpdated":"2026-06-24T16:30:11.816Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-06-24 17:17:20","lastModifiedDate":"2026-06-24 17:17:20","problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"53070","Ordinal":"1","Title":"sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()","CVE":"CVE-2026-53070","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"53070","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"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 (\"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","Type":"Description","Title":"sctp: disable BH before calling udp_tunnel_xmit_skb()"}]}}}