Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2026

CVE-2026-68379

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: fix TIME_WAIT socket reference leak on PSP policy failure

Release the TIME_WAIT socket reference and jump to discard_it upon PSP policy failure in both IPv4 and IPv6 receive paths. This prevents a memory leak of tcp_tw_bucket structures.

Affected products

Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1931a81122c3cdc4c89448fe0442c69e21c0d5nvd
git.kernel.org/stable/c/374742a961becbbfc7fbfd1382d978a05e492741nvd
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e666af5dcc905ba694745963174d232deb478c55nvd

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