CVE-2026-68379 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1931a81122c3cdc4c89448fe0442c69e21c0d5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374742a961becbbfc7fbfd1382d978a05e492741
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e666af5dcc905ba694745963174d232deb478c55

History

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-401

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		tcp: fix TIME_WAIT socket reference leak on PSP policy failure
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1931a81122c3cdc4c89448fe0442c69e21c0d5 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374742a961becbbfc7fbfd1382d978a05e492741 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e666af5dcc905ba694745963174d232deb478c55

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-10T12:03:57.537Z

Updated: 2026-08-10T12:03:57.537Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.387Z

Link: CVE-2026-68379

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Updated: 2026-08-10T16:30:05Z

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