# CVE-2025-22062: sctp: add mutual exclusion in proc_sctp_do_udp_port()

> A race condition in the Linux kernel SCTP module can cause a null pointer dereference and system crash when handling UDP port changes.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-61677, AZL-61685, BELL-CVE-2025-22062, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-22062, GHSA-2647-7h53-xfq5, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-22062, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-22062, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-22062, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22062

## What is CVE-2025-22062?

CVE-2025-22062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

sctp: add mutual exclusion in proc_sctp_do_udp_port()

We must serialize calls to sctp_udp_sock_stop() and sctp_udp_sock_start()
or risk a crash as syzbot reported:

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000d: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000068-0x000000000000006f]
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6551 Comm: syz.1.44 Not tainted 6.14.0-syzkaller-g7f2ff7b62617 #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025
 RIP: 0010:kernel_sock_shutdown+0x47/0x70 net/socket.c:3653
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  udp_tunnel_sock_release+0x68/0x80 net/ipv4/udp_tunnel_core.c:181
  sctp_udp_sock_stop+0x71/0x160 net/sctp/protocol.c:930
  proc_sctp_do_udp_port+0x264/0x450 net/sctp/sysctl.c:553
  proc_sys_call_handler+0x3d0/0x5b0 fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c:601
  iter_file_splice_write+0x91c/0x1150 fs/splice.c:738
  do_splice_from fs/splice.c:935 [inline]
  direct_splice_actor+0x18f/0x6c0 fs/splice.c:1158
  splice_direct_to_actor+0x342/0xa30 fs/splice.c:1102
  do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1201 [inline]
  do_splice_direct+0x174/0x240 fs/splice.c:1227
  do_sendfile+0xafd/0xe50 fs/read_write.c:1368
  __do_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1429 [inline]
  __se_sys_sendfile64 fs/read_write.c:1415 [inline]
  __x64_sys_sendfile64+0x1d8/0x220 fs/read_write.c:1415
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22062?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-22062?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-22062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22062 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22062 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22062/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22062/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22062
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22062
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22062

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22062/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.