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A request already published in\nasoc->strreset_chunk but not yet transmitted has neither, so completing\nit dereferences NULL.\n\nTwo ways to get there. sctp_send_asconf_del_ip() sets\nasoc->src_out_of_asoc_ok without sending anything when the address being\nremoved is the association's last one, and sctp_outq_flush_ctrl() then\nleaves every non-ASCONF control chunk queued; as only\nsctp_process_asconf_ack() clears that flag, it persists. An unprivileged\nprocess that removes such an address and then asks for a stream reset\npanics the kernel from softirq. A peer needs neither ASCONF nor local\nhelp: sctp_cmd_interpreter() uncorks the outqueue only once the whole\npacket has been processed, so a reply built while walking a RECONF chunk\nstays untransmitted for the rest of that walk, and one RECONF chunk\ncarrying [Incoming SSN Reset Request, Outgoing SSN Reset Request,\nResponse] -- or two RECONF chunks in one packet -- reaches the same\ndereference.\n\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000001e8-0x00000000000001ef]\n RIP: 0010:timer_delete+0x67/0x110\n Call Trace:\n <IRQ>\n sctp_process_strreset_addstrm_out (net/sctp/stream.c:832)\n sctp_sf_do_reconf (net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c:4212)\n sctp_do_sm (net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1172)\n sctp_assoc_bh_rcv (net/sctp/associola.c:1044)\n sctp_rcv (net/sctp/input.c:243)\n ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)\n process_backlog (net/core/dev.c:6680)\n </IRQ>\n\nA response can only acknowledge a request that was actually sent, so do\nnot match asoc->strreset_chunk while chunk->transport is NULL. 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