{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "fd0a109a0f6b7524543d17520da92a44a9f5343c"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "365996a2b14d07caa9e33d367b67ea26c09d89b4"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "a5d95d7caba0160fb7b2b8d2bd96d5a1be861d9f"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6884028cd7f275f8bcb854a347265cb1fb0e4bea"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.16.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.14"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.19.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45887.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_unix: Fix memleak of newsk in unix_stream_connect().\n\nWhen prepare_peercred() fails in unix_stream_connect(),\nunix_release_sock() is not called for newsk, and the memory\nis leaked.\n\nLet's move prepare_peercred() before unix_create1().",
  "id": "CVE-2026-45887",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T01:49:08.326496828Z",
  "published": "2026-05-27T12:16:58.720Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/365996a2b14d07caa9e33d367b67ea26c09d89b4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6884028cd7f275f8bcb854a347265cb1fb0e4bea"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5d95d7caba0160fb7b2b8d2bd96d5a1be861d9f"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45887.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45887"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "summary": "af_unix: Fix memleak of newsk in unix_stream_connect()."
}