RFC 9260, "Stream Control Transmission Protocol", June 2022

Errata ID: 7852
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT, PDF, HTML
Reported By: Michael Tüxen
Date Reported: 2024-03-15
Verifier Name: Zaheduzzaman Sarker
Date Verified: 2025-03-18

Section 8.5 says:

When receiving an SCTP packet, the endpoint MUST ensure that the
value in the Verification Tag field of the received SCTP packet
matches its own tag.

It should say:

When receiving an SCTP packet, the endpoint MUST first ensure that the
value in the Verification Tag field of the received SCTP packet
matches its own tag before processing any chunks or changing its state.

Notes:

State explicitly that the check of the verification tag needs to be done before any processing of the packet.

Thanks to Jake Ginesin, Max von Hippel, and Cristina Nita-Rotaru for reporting issue and discussing it with me.

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