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GHSA-w573-9ffj-6ff9 Netty: Unix-socket fd receive leaks descriptors when peer sends two at once

MEDIUM Published 2026-06-08 Modified 2026-06-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-45536
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll, io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-772
Reviewed
2026-06-08

Affected packages

• Maven io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final → fixed in 4.2.15.Final • Maven io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue: >= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final → fixed in 4.2.15.Final • Maven io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue: < 4.1.135.Final → fixed in 4.1.135.Final • Maven io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll: < 4.1.135.Final → fixed in 4.1.135.Final

Description

netty_unix_socket_recvFd sets msg_control to `char control[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))]` (line 940) — 24 bytes on 64-bit Linux. A peer-sent SCM_RIGHTS cmsg carrying two ints has cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(8) = 24, which fits exactly with no MSG_CTRUNC, so the kernel installs both fds in the receiving process. The subsequent check `cmsg->cmsg_len == CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int))` (line 972, expected 20) fails, the branch that would read the fd is skipped, and neither installed fd is closed. The for(;;) loop calls recvmsg again (non-blocking → EAGAIN → Java maps to 0 → read loop exits normally), leaving two leaked fds per message. There is no MSG_CTRUNC handling. Reachable via Epoll/KQueue DomainSocketChannel when the application opts into DomainSocketReadMode.FILE_DESCRIPTORS (non-default).

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-45536 Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

References