CVE-2026-45887 af_unix: Fix memleak of newsk in unix_stream_connect().

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Fix memleak of newsk in unixstreamconnect. When preparepeercred fails in unixstreamconnect, unixreleasesock is not called for newsk, and the memory is leaked. Let's move preparepeercred before unixcreate1...

SUSE CVE-2026-31629

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: add missing return after LLCPCLOSED checks In nfcllcprecvhdlc and nfcllcprecvdisc, when the socket state is LLCPCLOSED, the code correctly calls releasesock and nfcllcpsockput but fails to return. Execution falls throu...

EUVD-2026-25522

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: add missing return after LLCPCLOSED checks In nfcllcprecvhdlc and nfcllcprecvdisc, when the socket state is LLCPCLOSED, the code correctly calls releasesock and nfcllcpsockput but fails to return. Execution falls throu...

PT-2026-34981

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A use-after-free issue exists in the NFC LLCP component. In the functions nfc llcp recv hdlc and nfc llcp recv disc, when the socket state is LLCP CLOSED, the code calls release sock and...

EUVD-2023-60303

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gtp: Fix use-after-free in gtpencapdestroy. syzkaller reported use-after-free in gtpencapdestroy. 0 It shows the same process freed sk and touched it illegally. Commit e198987e7dd7 "gtp: fix suspicious RCU usage" added locksock a...

CVE-2022-50259 bpf, sockmap: fix race in sock_map_free()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: fix race in sockmapfree sockmapfree calls releasesocksk without owning a reference on the socket. This can cause use-after-free as syzbot found 1 Jakub Sitnicki already took care of a similar issue in sockhashfree i...

kernel: af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Fix data races in unixreleasesock/unixstreamsendmsg A data-race condition has been identified in afunix. In one data path, the write function unixreleasesock atomically writes to sk-skshutdown using WRITEONCE. However, on...

SUSE CVE-2024-38596

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Fix data races in unixreleasesock/unixstreamsendmsg A data-race condition has been identified in afunix. In one data path, the write function unixreleasesock atomically writes to sk-skshutdown using WRITEONCE. However, on...

Linux kernel BPF unix_sock_destructor unix_release_sock DoS

The vulnerabilities of the unixsockdestructor and unixreleasesock functions in the BPF subsystem of Linux kernels involve the use of memory after it has been freed. Exploiting these vulnerabilities can allow a remote attacker to cause service interruptions...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that originates from an affected function unixsockdestructor/unixreleasesock in the net/unix/afunix.c file of the component BPF, which could lead to a...