Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-45887

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 memo…

EPSS: 0.000 (6.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions fd0a109a0f6b7524543d17520da92a44a9f5343c, 6.16, 0

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