GHSA-c5xh-c73j-mcx2unknown
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix memleak of...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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().
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45887
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/365996a2b14d07caa9e33d367b67ea26c09d89b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6884028cd7f275f8bcb854a347265cb1fb0e4bea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5d95d7caba0160fb7b2b8d2bd96d5a1be861d9f
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c5xh-c73j-mcx2