CVE-2026-45887
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
27/05/2026
Last modified:
27/05/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
af_unix: Fix memleak of newsk in unix_stream_connect().<br />
<br />
When prepare_peercred() fails in unix_stream_connect(),<br />
unix_release_sock() is not called for newsk, and the memory<br />
is leaked.<br />
<br />
Let&#39;s move prepare_peercred() before unix_create1().