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...

Astra Linux – Vulnerabilities in Linux, Linux-5.15, Linux-5.10

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: afunix: Fixed data races related to sk-skshutdown. KCSAN identified a data race involving sk-skshutdown, where functions like unixreleasesock and unixshutdown update the variable under unixstatelock; additionally, unixpoll and...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-992824)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-992824 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Fix data races in unixreleasesock/unixstreamsendmsg A data-race condition has been...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54226

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Fix data races around sk-skshutdown. KCSAN found a data race around sk-skshutdown where unixreleasesock and unixshutdown update it under unixstatelock, OTOH unixpoll and unixdgrampoll read it locklessly. We need to annota...

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...

UBUNTU-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 security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a data contention issue in afunix unixreleasesock/unixstreamsendmsg...

PT-2022-5202 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel affected versions not specified Description: The issue is related to the use of memory after it has been freed in the unix sock destructor and unix release sock functions of the BPF subsystem in Linux operating systems. This can ...