CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-45887

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-27 Modified 2026-06-25 Official page ↗

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2026-05-27
Last modified: 2026-06-25
Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix memleak of newsk in unix_stream_connect(). When prepare_peercred() fails in unix_stream_connect(), unix_release_sock() is not called for newsk, and the memory is leaked. Let's move prepare_peercred() before unix_create1().

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.16 < 6.18.14) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.4)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/365996a2b14d07caa9e33d367b67ea26c09d89b4 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6884028cd7f275f8bcb854a347265cb1fb0e4bea Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5d95d7caba0160fb7b2b8d2bd96d5a1be861d9f Patch

CVE-2026-45887

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References