# CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write For the following path not holding the sock lock, sctp_diag_dump() -> sctp_for_each_endpoint() -> sctp_ep_dump() make sure not to exceed bounds in case the address list has grown between buffer allocation (time-of-check) and write (time-of-use).

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b106a68df0650b694b254427cd9250c04500edd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3006959371007fc2eae4a078f823c680fa52de1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72e3fea68eac8d088e44c3dd954e843478e9240e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/584307275b2048991b2e8984962189b6cc0a9b85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9119f243d9c0da3c3b5f577a328de3e7ffd1b42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe08fcaacb7eb019fa9c81db39b2214de216677
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89eac1e150dbd42963e13d23828cb8c4e0763196
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95aef86ab231f047bb8085c70666059b58f53c09

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