CVE-2026-45887
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Memory Leak in Linux Kernel Unix Stream Connect

Publication date: 2026-05-27

Last updated on: 2026-05-27

Assigner: kernel.org

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().
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Published
2026-05-27
Last Modified
2026-05-27
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2026-05-27
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linux linux_kernel *
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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