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CVE-2026-45887
Summary

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().

Publication Date May 27, 2026, 11:17 p.m.
Registration Date May 28, 2026, 4:11 a.m.
Last Update May 27, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
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