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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-72413 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix err_chunk memory leaks in INIT handling When sctp_verify_init() encounters unrecognized parameters, it allocates an err_chunk to report them. However, this chunk is leaked in several code paths: 1. I

[NVD] CVE-2026-72413 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: fix err_chunk memory leaks in INIT handling When sctp_verify_init() encounters unrecognized parameters, it allocates an err_chunk to report them. However, this chunk is leaked in several code paths: 1. I

lownvdPublished 2026-08-15

CVE-2026-72413 CVSS: None Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:14.910

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

sctp: fix err_chunk memory leaks in INIT handling

When sctp_verify_init() encounters unrecognized parameters, it allocates an err_chunk to report them. However, this chunk is leaked in several code paths:

1. In sctp_sf_do_5_1B_init(), if security_sctp_assoc_request(

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72413