sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_9_2_shutdown_ack(
	struct net *net,
	const struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
	const struct sctp_association *asoc,
	const sctp_subtype_t type,
	void *arg,
	sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands)
{
	struct sctp_chunk *chunk = (struct sctp_chunk *) arg;
	struct sctp_chunk *reply;

	/* There are 2 ways of getting here:
	 *    1) called in response to a SHUTDOWN chunk
	 *    2) called when SCTP_EVENT_NO_PENDING_TSN event is issued.
	 *
	 * For the case (2), the arg parameter is set to NULL.  We need
	 * to check that we have a chunk before accessing it's fields.
	 */
	if (chunk) {
		if (!sctp_vtag_verify(chunk, asoc))
			return sctp_sf_pdiscard(net, ep, asoc, type, arg, commands);

		/* Make sure that the SHUTDOWN chunk has a valid length. */
		if (!sctp_chunk_length_valid(chunk, sizeof(struct sctp_shutdown_chunk_t)))
			return sctp_sf_violation_chunklen(net, ep, asoc, type, arg,
							  commands);
	}

	/* If it has no more outstanding DATA chunks, the SHUTDOWN receiver
	 * shall send a SHUTDOWN ACK ...
	 */
	reply = sctp_make_shutdown_ack(asoc, chunk);
	if (!reply)
		goto nomem;

	/* Set the transport for the SHUTDOWN ACK chunk and the timeout for
	 * the T2-shutdown timer.
	 */
	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_SETUP_T2, SCTP_CHUNK(reply));

	/* and start/restart a T2-shutdown timer of its own, */
	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_RESTART,
			SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_T2_SHUTDOWN));

	if (asoc->timeouts[SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE])
		sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_TIMER_STOP,
				SCTP_TO(SCTP_EVENT_TIMEOUT_AUTOCLOSE));

	/* Enter the SHUTDOWN-ACK-SENT state.  */
	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_NEW_STATE,
			SCTP_STATE(SCTP_STATE_SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT));

	/* sctp-implguide 2.10 Issues with Heartbeating and failover
	 *
	 * HEARTBEAT ... is discontinued after sending either SHUTDOWN
	 * or SHUTDOWN-ACK.
	 */
	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_HB_TIMERS_STOP, SCTP_NULL());

	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_REPLY, SCTP_CHUNK(reply));

	return SCTP_DISPOSITION_CONSUME;

nomem:
	return SCTP_DISPOSITION_NOMEM;
}

This vulnerability category highlights issues in resource management where failures to properly release memory, file handles, or other resources can degrade system performance or enable denial-of-service conditions.